La Sagrada Biblia Nuevamente Traducida Al Español, é Ilustrada Con Notas Por Don Felix Torres Amat. [The Catholic Amat Bible].

Item Number: 116037

Méjico: Librería de Galvan, Portal de Agustinos, 1835-1836.

Rare first edition of the first Catholic Bible printed in Latin America. Small octavo, 17 volumes bound in full contemporary calf with gilt ruling to the spine and panels, black spine labels lettered in gilt, all edges marbled. In very good condition. Scarce.

The Catholic Amat Bible was published as a response to the Protestant-leaning Vence Bible published in Mexico in 1831, being the first bible printed in Latin America. Produced with the support of Mexican liberals José María Luis Mora y Lorenzo de Zavala, the Venice Bible was soon surpassed by the Torres Amant variant, which was more accepted by the predominantly Catholic Mexican population.