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THE RAMIREZ COPY
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(MEXICO—1767.) Tapia Zenteno, Carlos de.
Arte novissima de lengua
mexicana.
Diagram plate, slightly cropped. [20], 58 pages. 4to, later
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calf, worn; moderate
dampstaining, ink stains on third leaf; inked ex-libris stamp of José Fernando Ramírez on
title page.
México:Viuda de Joseph Bernardo de Hogal, 1753
[1,200/1,800]
A Nahuatl grammar. Medina, México 4142; Palau 327485; Pilling 3800; Sabin 94353.
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(MEXICO—1767.) Tapia Zenteno, Carlos de.
Noticia de la lengua huasteca.
[10], 128 pages. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; internally clean other than a
couple of pencil notes; marca de fuego on top edge, small inked “MM” stamp on verso of
title page.
México: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767
[1,500/2,500]
A grammar and dictionary of the Huastec or Wasteko language, a Mayan tongue which is still
spoken widely in parts of San Luis Potosí and Veracruz. A catechism is appended. Medina,
México 5187; Palau 327486; Pilling 3801; Sabin 94355.
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(MEXICO—1767.) Neve y Molina, Luis de.
Reglas de orthographia,
diccionario, y arte del idioma othomi.
Engraved table leaf. [24], 160 pages. Small 8vo,
early marbled wrappers; lacking frontispiece plate, minor dampstaining and wear; small
inked “MM” stamps on verso of title and page 52.
México: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767
[400/600]
FIRST EDITION
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A dictionary of the Otomi language, spoken near what is now Mexico City.
“The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters, which has been since
retained”—Sabin 52413. Medina, Mexico 5174; Palau 190159 (“muy rara”).
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