(MEXICAN IMPRINT 1578) Alonso de Molina Doctrina Christiana

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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1578.) Alonso de Molina. Doctrina Christiana, en lengua Mexicana muy necessaria. Numerous text illustrations. x-lxxxviii leaves. 4to, later vellum, minor wear; lacking 31 leaves, dampstaining, moderate wear, moderate worming with some early paper repairs. Mexico: Pedro Ocharte, 1578

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first edition of a work by Mexico's great scholar of the Nahuatl language. This was the seventh and final of his works in Nahuatl written over four decades. Icazbalceta 77; Medina, Mexico 85; Palau 174346; Pilling 2609; Sabin 49874 ("extremely rare"). 4 copies in OCLC, and one known at auction since 1951 (Swann sale, 12 April 2018).