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Arte de la lengua guarani por el P. Antonio Ruiz de Montoya de la Compaņia de Jesus; con los escolios anotaciones y apendices del P. Paulo Restivo de la misma Compaņia; sacados de los papeles del P. Simon Bandini e de otros.
S. Maria la Mayor [Paraguay]: [s.n.], 1724
Physical Description: [4], 132, 256 p. ; 21 cm. (4to)
Call number: BA724/ R934a
Accession number: 06288
Notes: Basic grammar in Spanish with Guarani examples (p. 1-132, 2nd count), followed by a "Supplemento" (p. 1-256, 3rd count) consisting of: appendices (p. 1-116), with additional grammatical material; and "Particulas de la lengua guarani" (p. 117-253), which lists several hundred Guarani terms alphabetically with Spanish glosses as well as examples of usage. Concludes with Apendize a los adverbios (p. 253-256).
Differs substantially in arrangement and contents from the grammar published in the author's Arte, y bocabulario de la lengua guarani, Madrid, 1640, and from the 1876 edition of the Arte; the Stuttgart, 1892 edition was based on this 1724 edition.
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Languages: Guarani
Genre: Grammar
Region: Spanish America
