Sep 29, 2022 - Sale 2615

Sale 2615 - Lot 374

Price Realized: $ 688
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICAN IMPRINT--PUEBLA.) Clara y sucinta exposicion del pequeño catecismo impreso en el idioma mexicano. [3], 66, [1] leaves. 8vo, early vellum, moderate wear; minor wear and minimal dampstaining to contents; inked initials on top edge. Puebla: Oratorio de S. Felipe Néri, 1819

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A catechism in a more modern colloquial form of Nahuatl, as opposed to the more formal classical Nahuatl featured in the early colonial works. The Nahuatl and Spanish texts appear on facing pages. Ayer, Nahuatl page 81; Medina, Puebla 1678; Palau 55072; Pilling 808; Sabin 13233.