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Historia de Mexico, con el descubrimiento dela Nueua España, conquistada por el muy illustre y valeroso principe don Fernando Cortes... Añadiose de la nueuo descripcion y traça de todas las Indias, con vna tabla alphabetica de las materias, y hazañas memorables enella contenidas.
Antwerp: Jan Steels , 1554
Physical Description: 349, [11] leaves ; 14 cm. (8vo)
Call number: B554/ L864h4
Accession number: 03874
Notes: Contains several brief lists of Nahuatl vocabulary, including numerals 1-20 and calendrical terms (some of which are animal names and other common nouns) for months, days, weeks, and years, with Spanish equivalents in parallel column (leaves 293 verso-296 verso). Vocabulary immediately preceded by “De las letras de Mexico”, a paragraph discussing Nahuatl hieroglyphics and phonetics (leaf 293 recto and verso).
Originally published as second part of author's La istoria de las Indias, y conquista de Mexico, Saragossa: Agustin Millan, 1552. These are the same sheets as the 1554 Bellero edition, with a different t.p.
Digital facsimile copy of book available.
Languages: Nahuatl
Genre: Vocabulary
Region: Spanish America
