Indian Languages Database
Record Details
Vocabulario manual de las lenguas castellana, y mexicana. En que se contienen las palabras, preguntas, y respuestas mas comunes, y ordinarias que se suelen ofrecer en el trato, y comunicacion entre Espaņoles, č Indios. Enmendado en esta vltima impression.
Mexico: Widow of Bernardo Calderon, 1683
Physical Description: [8], 118, [2] p. ; 14 cm. (8vo in four).
Call number: B683/ A681v1, B683/ A681v2
Accession number: 04344, 04345
Notes: First part (p. 1-72) lists over 1500 entries in Spanish with Nahuatl equivalents; second part (p. 73-118) lists approximately 1000 Nahuatl entries with Spanish equivalents. In both parts, entries, which include numerous conversational phrases as well as single terms, are grouped in thematic categories, with the two languages printed in double columns. Like the 1668, 1690, and 1710 editions, this edition omits 17 of 70 sections contained in part 1 of the first edition, published Mexico, 1611, and 2 of 42 sections contained in part 2 of first edition. Contains table of contents for each part. JCB has 2 copies that are variant editions (Garcia Icazbalceta mentions 2 distinct editions of 1683). These have the same imprint and are typographically similar. In JCB copy 1 some signatures trimmed closely with loss of signature marks and text; JCB copy 2 imperfect, lacking preliminary leaves, with t.p. a substitute from another 1683 copy.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
