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Arte de lengua mexicana, dispuesto por orden, y mandato de N. Rmo P. Fr. Francisco Treviño, predicador theologo, padre de la santa Provincia de Burgos, y comissario general de todas las de la Nueva-España, y por el reverendo, y venerable diffinitorio de la Provincia del Santo Evangelio. Dedicado al bienaventurado San Antonio de Padua.
Mexico: Por Francisco Rodriguez Lupercio, 1673
Physical Description: [6], 14, 14-49, [8] leaves ; 21 cm (4to)
Call number: B673 / V585a2
Accession number: 13-87
Notes: Two concurrent editions of this work exist: in the first the title page reads "S. Antonio de Padua"; in the other it reads "San Antonio de Padua". Significant typographical, diacritical and resetting differences, as well as a lack of printed errata on leaf [3] verso, 1st count, exist in the second edition. "Instruccion breve para administrar los Santos Sacrame[n]tos de la Confession, Viatico, Matrimonio, y Velaciones en la lengua Mexicana": leaves [1-7] recto, 3rd count. "Catecismo mexicano": leaves [7] verso-8, 3rd count. John Carter Brown Library copy represents the first edition with title page reading "San Antonio de Padua" and no errata present on leaf [3] verso, 1st count.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Grammar
Region: Spanish America
