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(JULI, PERU—1612.) Bertonio, Ludovico.
Vocabulario de la lengua aymara.
[28], 473, [1], 384 (of 399) pages. 2 volumes in one. 4to, later vellum; washed, finger-
soiling, marginal wear to title page, several minor edge repairs, a few resulting in slight loss,
speckled edges, lacking blank leaf Hh8, final 8 leaves lacking and provided in facsimile;
early notes on title leaf and elsewhere. In a modern slipcase.
Juli: Compañía de Jesus, Francisco del Canto, 1612
[20,000/30,000]
FIRST EDITION
of the first Spanish-Aymara dictionary, printed for missionary use in the
Andes. This is one of a handful of surviving works from a small Jesuit press in the mountains
of southeastern Perú on the shore of Lake Titicaca. The press was not formally authorized, but
seems to have operated under the umbrella of Francisco del Canto’s established press in Lima.
Medina, Lima 49; Palau 28512; Sabin 5023; Woodbridge, Printing in Colonial South
America, page 45 (“a significant contribution to linguistics”). We know of no other Juli
imprints at auction since 1981.