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Saggio sulla storia civile del Chili.
Bologna: Stamperìa de S. Tommaso d'Aquino, 1787
Physical Description: 333, [3] p., [1] folded leaf of plates : map ; 20 cm. (8vo)
Call number: H787/ M722s
Accession number: 03787
Notes: Includes: "Idea della lingua chilese" (p. 284-308), with remarks in Italian on phonetics and grammar, verb paradigms, and a vocabulary list of 40 Araucanian [Mapuche] entries with Italian and Greek or Latin equivalents; and “Indice di alcuni verbi chilesi" (p. 309-323), listing over 400 verbs in alphabetical order by Mapuche transcription with Italian equivalents.
An extended verion of the civil history section of the author's work: Compendio della storia geografica, naturale e civile del regno del Chile, Bologna, 1776.
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Languages: Mapuche
Genre: Grammar / Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
