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Doctrina christiana en le[n]gua española y mexicana: hecha por los religiosos de la ordena de s[an]cto Domingo.

[Mexico]: E[n] casa d[e] Jua[n] Pablos, [1550]

Physical Description: clvi leaves ; 20 cm. (4to in 8s)

Call number: BA550/ D636c

Accession number: 7687

Notes: Text in parallel columns of Spanish and Nahuatl, set in black letter type. The 1st edition of this “larga” Doctrina was printed in 1548, preceded by the “breve” version in 1546 (cf. colophon). This appears to be the 1st printing of the 2nd edition of this work. JCB copy incomplete, lacking leaves i-xvi. Title page information based on Icazbalceta.

Digital facsimile copy of book available.

Languages: Nahuatl

Genre: Catechisms and Creeds

Region: Spanish America