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(MEXICAN IMPRINT--1559.) Maturino Gilberti. Vocabulario en lengua de Mechuacan /Aqui comienca el vocabulario en la lengua Castellana y Mechuacana. 87, 180, [1] leaves. 4to, later vellum, minor wear; 5 leaves in facsimile (first title and final 4 leaves), extensive early underlining and notes, minor dampstaining to the last half of volume; second title in the original red and black, edges tinted red. Mexico: Juan Pablos, 1559
A dictionary for the Purépecha or Tarascan language spoken in the highlands of Michoacán. Printed by Juan Pablos, the first printer in the New World. Leaves 80 to 87 in the first part contain an analysis of word roots. The annotations include some additional translations from Spanish into the Michoacán tongue. Icazbalceta, Apuntes 115; Medina, Mexico 37; Palau 102198; Pilling 1545. None traced at auction since a 1945 Parke-Bernet sale.
