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Date of publication "Año de 1756" precedes " y septiembre 27" on title page

The "Laus Deo", p. 99 is signed b[achilla]r Joseph Botello and is dated "en catorze dias del mes de agosto de el año del Señor de mil setezientos sinquenta y ocho y lo firme" [i.e. Aug. 14, 1758]

Title page is written in Spanish; dedication p. [3], 1st count, is written in Latin; dedication p. [4], 1st count, is written in the Tarascan language; rest of text is in Spanish and Tarascan

Manuscript title page has decorative pen and ink ornaments; dedication pages [p. 3-4], 1st count, are framed within hand colored ornamental borders and are written in red ink

Engraved plate depicting the Virgin with cherubs is bound between title page and p. [3], 1st count

"Los oraciones en tarasco": p. 1-18, includes translations of religious texts such as the Lord's Prayer and the Credo

"Las particulas de el cuerpo": p. 18-21

"Calepino. Epilogo ô recopilacion de los nombres, y verbos mas necessarios por mas communes. Para el vsso de la lengua tarasca[.] Ordenado por el A.B.C.Dario", p. 22-76, includes a vocabulary of approximately 1,300 words translated from Spanish to Tarascan

"Nombres y verbos sueltos de tiempos, emfemedades [sic] y parentescos que no estan en el cuerpo de esta recopilacion": p. 77-83

"Refranes castellanos reducidos a la lengua tarasca": p. 84-85

"Confesion g[ene]ral que sirve a el siguiente. Confesionario [sic]": p. 86-93

"Catecismo [sic] en tarasco del p[adre]. Castaño", p. 94-99, refers to Jesuit Father Bartolomé Castaño

"Indice de lo contenido en esta cathecismo": p. 100 and p. [1], 3rd and 4th counts

John Carter Brown Library copy half bound in contemporary calf with marbled boards

Provenance of the John Carter Brown Library copy: Dr. Nicolás León: bookplate on front pastedown and book stamp on title page

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