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Arte, y vocabulario en la lengua general del Peru llamada Quichua, y en la lengua española. : El mas copioso y elegante que hasta agora se ha impresso
En Los Reyes [i.e. Lima]: Por Antonio Ricardo, 1586
Physical Description: [184], 40 leaves ; 16 cm (8vo)
Call number: B586 / A786v
Accession number: 12-56
Notes: Includes three parts: dictionary and phrases from Quechua to Spanish (leaves A1-K8 and L1-4, 1st count); dictionary and phrases from Quechua to Spanish (leaves A1-L8 and M1-4, 1st count); and a section on grammar (leaves 1-40, signed 2A1-2E8, 3rd count). Authorship variously attributed to: Ludovico Bertonio, Francisco del Canto, Domingo de Santo Tomás, Diego González Holguín, Diego de Torres Rubio, and to Alfonso Bárcena. Includes woodcut vignette of the coat of arms of the dedicatee, don Fernando de Torres y Portugal, viceroy of Peru, on title page; initial.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: wanting title page leaf and all but one preliminary leaf ([par.] gathering 1-8); Dictionary and phrases from Quechua to Spanish (leaves A1-K8 and L1-4, 1st count) wanting leaves A1-A3, B2, B7, and G3-G6; Dictionary and phrases from Quechua to Spanish (leaves A1-L8 and M1-4, 2nd count) wanting leaves H3-H6 and H8; Grammar (leaves 1-40, signed 2A1-2E8) wanting all after leaf 23, leaves 2C8, 2D1, and 2D3-2E8, with leaves H3-H6 replaced by leaves T2-T5 from the 1614 edition of the work. Many leaves repaired, mounted or tipped in, and stained; text block closely trimmed at head with some loss of text. Title page transcription supplied by image in Medina, Lima and signature statement supplied by the Library of Congress.
Digital facsimile copy of the book available.
Languages: Quechua
Genre: Dictionary, Grammar
Region: Spanish America
