Noticia de la lengua huasteca : que en beneficio de sus nacionales, de orden del Il[ustrísi]mô S[eño]r Arzopispo de esta Santa Iglesia Metropolitana, y a sus expensas /
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | Spanish Mayan languages |
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Mexico :
En la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, en el Puente del Espiritu-Santo,
Año de 1767.
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| Item Description: | Huastec, the northern-most dialect of the Maya language, was spoken in the 17th and 18th centuries in Puebla, Veracruz, and San luis Potosí. The author, an important Mexican linguist, dedicated this work to Archbishop Francisco Antonio Lorenzana, who paid for the book's publication. Title within ornamental border. Licenses dated 1746. Originally published 1747. The edition of 1746 with title "Arte de la lengua huasteca," as quoted by Ludwig, Lit. of Amer. aborig. lang., page 83, and by Viñaza, Bibl. españ. de lenguas indíg. de Amér. number 323, cannot have existed, since the author in his dedicatory letter to the archbishop and in his preface states that although the licenses for printing were issued in 1746, the printing of the book had to be delayed until the archbishop ordered it printed at his expense. Signatures: A-R⁴. Woodcut coat of arms at head of leaf A1, signed Manuel Villavic[enci]o sc[ulpcit] M[e]x[i]c[o]. Another woodcut head-piece, initial, tail-piece. Watermarks visible on flyleaves and pastedowns. "Diccionario [castellano-] huasteco" printed in columns, pages 46-88. "Doctrina christiana fielmente traducida de la que escribiò el R. P. Bartholomé Castaño de la Compañia de Jesus" also printed in columns, pages 96-128. The Cushing Library/Colonial Mexican Imprint Collection copy contains the bookplate of Estelle Doheny [Bonham's, Estelle Doheny sale, Christie's New York, Feb 1, 1988, lot 291]. |
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| Physical Description: | 10 unnumbered pages, 128 pages ; 21 cm. (quarto) |