Signatures: [par.] 2[par.] A-N (D8 is blank)

Author from license on leaf [2]

Foliation errors: misprinting 40, 44 and 99 as 38, 43 and 89 respectively; some leaves lack numeration.

Errata on leaf [1] at end.

Copy described wanting half of title page, including a couple of words from the title, and all of the publication information except "En M". Publication information from colophon on verso of leaf 101. Descriptions in Medina and Icazbalceta are based upon this copy, formerly owned by José Fernando Ramírez.

Second title has separate t.p., but continuous pagination and signatures. Both t.p.'s have Mercedarian coat-of-arms.

Second t.p. reads: Breve tratado que ensena [sic] el camino de la vida perfecta. Compuesto por vn religioso del sacro Orden de Nuestra Señora de la Merced Redemption de Captiuos. A instancia de vna sierua de Dios hija suya. [shield of the Mercedarians] En Mexico en casa de Pedro Balli año de 1559 [i.e. 1595]

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 338-

Medina, J.T. Mexico, 128.

Sabin, 75799, 98897.

García Icazbalceta, J. Bib. mexicana (1954 ed.), 132.

John Carter Brown Library copy has ink ms. on t.p. and verso of N8.

John Carter Brown Library copy has binder's spine title: Tratados varios.

John Carter Brown Library copy has part of leaves [1-6] torn off, with loss of text; tear in middle of leaf [4], not affecting text; slight staining and damage on outer edges.