The Ladder of Divine Ascent, First Book Printed in the New World

At left are shown two of a number of sources that affirm that the The Ladder of Divine Ascent, by St. John Climacus, Abbot of Sinai, was the first book printed in Mexico and the New World generally, under the Viceroy Antonio de Mendoza in the 1530’s.

Below:

Detail from p. 270 of The Inland Printer, Volume XXXII, October, 1903 to March, 1904, Chicago, IL

Above:

Detail from p. 239 of Central America and Mexico, Volume 9 of The History of North America by Fortier and Ficklen, Philadelphia, 1907.

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