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(ARGENTINA.) Machoni de Cerdeña, Antonio.
Arte, y vocabulario de la
lengua Lule, y Tonocote.
[18], 97, 135, 17, [1] pages. 12mo, later vellum; following the
title page is a Licencia leaf dated 25 November 1732 not called for in Medina, minor
treated dampstaining on bottom edge. Madrid: García Infanzón, 1732
[12,000/18,000]
FIRST EDITION
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A grammar, dictionary, and catechism of the now extinct Lule or Tonocoté
language spoken in what is now northern Argentina. This volume is the main source for what
we know of the language today. European Americana 732/150; Medina, BHA 2844; Palau
146154 (“obra buscada y rara actualmente”); Sabin 43315. None known at auction.
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(ARGENTINA.) See also Paraguay.