Apr 15, 2021 - Sale 2564

Sale 2564 - Lot 372

Price Realized: $ 4,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 3,000 - $ 4,000
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) Antonio Vázquez Gaztelu. Arte de lengua mexicana. Illustrated title page with full-page armorial engraving on verso. [6], 42 leaves. 4to, later vellum; title page mounted on stub, tightly sewn, edges worn with minimal loss of text; early owner's inscription on page 20. Puebla: Diego Fernandez de León, 1689

Additional Details

First edition of a Nahuatl grammar, frequently reprinted. Medina, Puebla 125; Palau 354001 ("rarissima"); Sabin 26746 ("of extreme rarity"). 5 in OCLC and none traced at auction.