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Molina, Giovanni Ignazio, 1740-1829.

Compendio della storia geografica, naturale, e civile del regno del Chile.

Bologna: Stampería di S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1776

Physical Description: vii, [1] , 245, [3] p., [11] leaves of plates (8 folded) : ill., map, plan; 22 cm. (8vo)

Call number: H776/ M722c

Accession number: 12867, 06454

Notes: Includes discussion in Italian and examples of Araucanian [Mapuche] grammar (part 2, section 1, articles vi-vii, p. 120-124), with particular emphasis on verb forms and usage. Author’s name from Backer-Sommervogel, Engelmann, and Palau y Dulcet.

Two states are known to exist, differing only in the presence or absence of an erroneously signed leaf. JCB has two copies: copy 1, with leaf D2 incorrectly signed as “D1”, represents state 1; copy 2 (uncut), with leaf D2 correctly signed, represents state 2.

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Languages: Mapuche

Genre: Grammar

Region: Spanish America