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Ruiz de Montoya, Antonio, 1585-1652.

Arte, y bocabulario de la lengua guarani.

Madrid: Juan Sanchez, 1640

Physical Description: [12], 376, 234, [2] p. ; 19 cm. (4to)

Call number: BA640/ R934a

Accession number: 28600

Notes: Grammar in Spanish with Guarani examples (p. 1-100), with caption title, "Arte de la lengua guarani", followed by Spanish-Guarani dictionary (p. 101-376, 1-234), with caption title "Vocabulario de la lengua guarani. Parte primera", listing several thousand entries in Spanish with Guarani equivalents and examples of usage. Ruiz de Montoya’s Guarani-Spanish dictionary was published in the previous year (Madrid: Juan Sanchez) with title “Tesoro de la lengua guarani” and caption title “Tesoro de la lengua guarani. Segunda parte”.

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Languages: Guarani language

Genre: Dictionary / Grammar

Region: Spanish America