Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 302

Price Realized: $ 938
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 600 - $ 900
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1767.) Neve y Molina, Luis de. Reglas de orthographia, diccionario, y arte del idioma Othomi. Engraved table leaf. [24], 160 pages. Small 8vo, contemporary vellum, minor wear, coming detached from text block; lacking frontispiece plate as usual, extensive early manuscript notes. Mexico: Bibliotheca Mexicana, 1767

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first edition. A dictionary of the Otomi language, spoken near Mexico City. "The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters, which has been since retained"--Sabin 52413. Medina, Mexico 5174; Palau 190159 ("muy rara").