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Arte, y vocabulario en la lengua general del Peru Ilamada Quichua, y en la lengua española.

Lima: Francisco del Canto, 1614

Physical Description: [4], 35, 28-[32], [177] leaves; 15 cm. (8vo).

Call number: B614/ A786v/ 2 copies

Accession number: 03441 , 06512

Notes: Notes on orthography, pronunciation, parts of speech, and usage (leaves 1 recto, 2nd count - [32] verso, 3rd count) devote a preponderance of text to verbs (leaves 7 recto-30 recto, 2nd count) and include numerals (leaves 32 verso-33 verso, 2nd count). Following are Quechua-Spanish and Spanish-Quechua dictionaries, each listing approximately 2500 words or phrases in double columns. The dictionaries are separated (JCB copy 1) or preceded (JCB copy 2) by 3 leaves of “Annotaciones” containing kinship terms in Quechua and Spanish. First published, Lima, 1586. Authorship attributed to Ludovico Bertonio, Francisco del Canto, Domingo de Santo Tomás, Diego González Holguín, Diego de Torres Rubio, & and Alfonso Barcena.

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JCB has two copies.

Languages: Quechua

Genre: Dictionary / Grammar

Region: Spanish America