Search Results: reglas de orthographia diccionario y arte by neve y molina

Mexico: Impressas en Mexico con las licencias necessarias, en la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, en el Puente del Espiritu Santo, 1767. First edition. Contemporary vellum with cloth ties. Lacking title page and frontis, vellum worn, small stain to the bottom edge of the first few and last 30 leaves, occasionally touching a few words of text, last leave partially separated and ragged at the edges, bound without endpapers.. [title page, frontis: lacking] 12 preliminary leaves, 160 pp. 5 3/4 x 4 inches. First edition of the Spanish-Otomi dictionary, by Luis de Neve y Molina, official interpreter of the Ecclesiastical Tribunal of the Indies, Mexico. Lacking title page and frontis [as usual] but has the list of errata, engraved, dated 1768, covering p. 14-135, on an unnumbered leaf, inserted between p. 12 and p. 13. Pages 30 and 31 interchanged. "The Othomi language differs in structure from those spoken in Mexico, having more resemblance to the language of Eastern Asia than any other. The author… Read More

[24]+160 pages lacking frontispiece plate. Small octavo (5 3/4" x 4") bound in contemporary vellum. Sabin 52413. Medina, Mexico 5174; Palau 190159 First edition. A dictionary of the Otomi language.
The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters, which has been since retained.
Otomi is an Oto-Pamean language spoken by approximately 240,000 indigenous Otomi people in the central altiplano region of Mexico. Otomi consists of several closely related languages, many of which are not mutually intelligible. The word Hñähñu [hɲɑ̃hɲṹ] has been proposed as an endonym, but since it represents the usage of a single dialect, it has not gained wide currency. Linguists have classified the modern dialects into three dialect areas: the Northwestern dialects are spoken in Querétaro, Hidalgo and Guanajuato; the Southwestern dialects are spoken in the State of Mexico; and the Eastern dialects are spoken in the highlands of Veracruz, Puebla, and eastern Hidalgo and villages in Tlaxcala and… Read More

Mexico: Puente del Espiritu Santo, Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana, 1767. Hardcover. Good, some staining to pages here and there, has the appearance of being tender, title-page with moderate foxing around the perimeter. The binding is contemporary and somewhat primitive, adding to the charm of this copy.. Paper covered boards 4" x 5 88") with applied cloth over spine and attaching to boards. Title-page, followed by engraved frontis, then (22) pp. of preliminaries, then pp. 1-160. Inserted at p. 13 is an engraved sheet or errata, dated 1768. Notes written in pencil on the ffep indicate that the frontis and engraved errata sheet present in this volume are excessively scarce and were unknown to Sabin. Both the engraved frontispiece and the engraved errata leaf are signed by the engraver Jose Francisco Gomez. There are also penciled notes of past prices written on the ffep, all relating to bookseller catalogues from the 19th century. The margins on the pages are sizable, adding to the… Read More