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Saggio sulla storia naturale del Chili.
Bologna: Nella Stamperia de S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1782
Physical Description: 367, [1] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 21 cm. (8vo)
Call number: H782/ M722s
Accession number: 03786
Notes: Includes: "Catalogo II. Di alcuni vocabuli chilesi appartenenti alla storia naturale" (p. 357-367), listing over 300 terms in Italian with equivalents in Araucanian [Mapuche], relating to the natural environment as well as kinship and human body parts.
Published in October 1782, according to Stafleu & Cowan; imprimatur dated 12 Oct. 1781. An extended version of the natural history section of the author's work: Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Chile. Bologna, 1776 (published anonymously).
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Languages: Mapuche
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
