Sep 24, 2020 - Sale 2546

Sale 2546 - Lot 306

Price Realized: $ 6,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1743.) Benito Rinaldini. Arte de la lengua Tepeguana, con vocabulario, confessionario, y catechismo. [16], 72, 43 [i.e. 48], 148, [2] pages including errata leaf. 4to, contemporary vellum, minor wear; hinges split, moderate dampstaining, minor worming, 2 tape repairs. Mexico: viuda de José Bernardo de Hogal, 1743

Additional Details

A dictionary and catechism for the Tepehuán language spoken in Chihuahua and northern Durango, compiled by a Jesuit missionary. Medina, Mexico 3670; Palau 268076; Pilling 3304; Sabin 71411. No others traced at auction since a Swann sale, 21 December 1961, lot 234.