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[Doctrina cristiana en lengua mexicana.]

by: Gante, Pedro de, 1486-1572; León, Nicolás, 1859-1929. fmo RPJCB

Publication date: 1548

Topics: Catholic Church, Catholic Church, Conversion, Indians of South America, Indian linguistics, CSAIP, Imprint 1548

Publisher: [Mexico City] : [Juan Pablos], [1548]

Collection: jcbmexicoincunables; jcbspanishamerica; JohnCarterBrownLibrary; americana

Contributor: John Carter Brown Library

Language: Nahuatl

Fragmentary text, the first line on fol. xij reads: ca chipahuac in cenca tlanextia. García Icazbalceta supplies the title and author of this work. García Icazbalceta conjectures the date of imprint to be 1547. For more information, see the discussion on pages 391-392.

Medina, J.T. Imprenta en México (1539-1821), |c 193 Wagner, H.R. Nueva bibliografía mexicana del siglo xvi, |c 14a Rodríguez Domịguez, G. Imprenta en México en el siglo XVI, |c 13 Brown, J.C. Bibliotheca Americana, :152

Signatures: a⁸ b-h⁸ i⁸ (or i¹⁰).

Notes

Text primarily in Nahuatl, set in black letter type, with some chapter titles in Spanish.
John Carter Brown Library copy imperfect: lacking all leaves except for xii-lvj, lix-lxiiij, and lxvij-lxxj. John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary limp vellum; housed in brown bookcloth-covered box. John Carter Brown Library copy has four leaves with manuscript text regarding instructions for confession in Nahuatl laid in at end. Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Nicolás León: bookplate on front pastedown.