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Aqui comiença vn vocabulario en la lengua castellana y mexicana.
Mexico: Juan Pablos, 1555
Physical Description: [8], 258 leaves, 259-260, [2] p. : ill., ports. ; 20 cm. (4to)
Call number: B555/ M722a
Accession number: 06585, 06586
Notes: Prologue and 13 “avisos”, consisting of general observations on the contents and arrangement thereof, in Spanish. “Para la variedad y diferencia que ay en los vocablos segun diversas provincias... al principio se pondran los que se usan aquí en Tetzcuco y en Mexico, que es donde mejor y mas curiosamente se habla la lengua; y al cabo se pondran los que se usan en otras provincias” (aviso 2, leaf [5]). Dictionary listing over 10,000 entries in Spanish with Nahuatl equivalents (leaves 1-248) is followed by “Cuenta segun la lengua mexicana” (leaves 249-258, p. 259-260), with Spanish notes on the complex Nahuatl counting system and extensive lists of examples. JCB has 2 copies: copy 1 almost perfect; copy 2 imperfect, with leaves [1-7] in facsimile and leaf [8] of woodcuts lacking.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Dictionary
Region: Spanish America
