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(LIMA--1702.) Marbán, Pedro. Arte de la lengua Moxa, con su vocabulario, y cathecismo. [16], 664, 202, [1] pages. 8vo, contemporary stiff vellum, moderate wear and soiling, coming detached from text block; a few modern corrections in text; 1918 purchase note from Quaritch on front free endpaper, small inked library release stamp on front pastedown. [Lima]: José de Contreras, [1702]
first edition. The first (and for many years only) grammar and dictionary of the Moxos language, which is still spoken in parts of eastern Bolivia. The 1702 date is given on page [145] of the catechism section. Medina, Lima 712; Palau 150837 ("obra estimada"); Sabin 44465.
