Our Lady of Guadalupe: The Origins and Sources of a Mexican National Symbol, 1531-1797

Tucson, Arizona; (1995): Univ. of Arizona Press, 1995. First Edition. Octavo. 325p. index. The devotion to Our Lady of Guadalupe, based on the story of apparitions of the Virgin Mary to Juan Diego, an Indian neophyte, at the hill of Tepeyac in December 1531, is one of the most important formative religious and national forces in the history of Mexico. This is the first work ever to examine in depth every historical source of the Guadalupe apparitions, the origins and history of the account, . According to Poole, despite common belief, the apparition account was unknown in Mexico prior to 1648. A very good copy bound in blue cloth, spine lettering gilt, corners lightly bumped, in in near fine pictorial dust jacket. (Inventory #: 013978)