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Grammatica, o Arte de la lengua general de los Indios de los reynos del Peru.
Valladolid: Francisco Fernández de Córdova, [1560]
Physical Description: [8], 96 leaves ; 15 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B560/ D237g
Accession number: 01499
Notes: The earliest grammar of the Quechua language. Preliminary matter in Spanish and Latin; grammar in Spanish in 25 chapters, with Quechua examples. Includes “Platica para todos los Indios” (leaves 86v-96), with continuous Spanish text on left page and Spanish-Quechua interlinear text facing; a brief addition to the final chapter of the grammar is inserted in the Platica (leaf 95v).
Bound with author's Lexicon, o Vocabulario de la lengua general de los Indios del Peru, Ilamada Quichua", Valladolid, 1560.
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Languages: Quechua
Genre: Grammar
Region: Spanish America
