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Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana

Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana by Gilberti, Maturino (1498?-1585) signed by the author

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Diccionario de la Lengua Tarasca o de Michoacán/Aquí comienza el vocabulario en la lengua castellana y michoacana
Author
Gilberti, Maturino (1498?-1585) signed by the author
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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About very good
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518 pages with facsimiles and wood cuts. Folio. (13" x 9 1/4") bound in half leather with marbled boards with gilt lettering to spine. Compiled and re-impression under the direction of Antonio Penafiel. Inscribed by Penafiel. First published in 1559. Second edition limited to 200 copies of which this is number 5.When the Franciscans arrived in Michoacan in 1525, they found a new challenge, the language of the natives of the region, whom they came to call Tarascans was different from other native languages of New Spain. Maturino Gilberti, a Franciscan friar whose skills in the Tarascan language exceeded those of their peers. When his works were printed it was the first attempt of a systematic analysis of the language, and his vocabulary is still the best known Tarascan dictionary. Prior to his arrival in the new world, very little is know, it is thought that he may have been born in 1498. but it could have been in 1507 or 8 in the city of Poitiers, France. He studied arts and theology at the University of Toulouse and came to New Spain in 1531, shortly after his ordination. Fray Alonso de la Rea, Michoacan's Franciscan chronicler of the seventeenth century, says Gilberti went directly to Michoacan. He quickly learned the language and was held in high admiration by the natives. It seems that his first publication was a Christian doctrine that came out in 1553. In 1556 we find Fray Gilberti in Tzintzuntzan, were Quiroga established the episcopal see and where indigenous Tzintzuntzans and other subjected Indians were forced in building the cathedral. Gilberti stood against Bishop Quiroga and the enslavement of the indigenous to build and pay for the cathedral. In the summer of 1558 Gilberti proposed several books to be printed in Mexico. He Had obtained approval for them by James Daciano, guardian (superior of the convent)of the Franciscans in Tzintzuntzan, in July. He must have acted quickly, because on August 10 received letters from Archbishop Alonso, and the Franciscan provincial authorizing the publication of his books. Within the same twelve month period the Viceroy Luis de Velasco gave his written approval. In accordance with such approvals he would published four books in Mexico during the course of less than one year. All were published at the press of Juan Pablo. It seems that Gilberti had thought that his grammar (Arte) and dictionary (vocabulary) were two parts of the same work. This is probably the reason why the dictionary does not have the usual written approvals, because the dictionary is mentioned in the letters to the principle of grammar. Gilberti died in Tzintzuntzan 1585.Condition:Inscribed on half title, spine, hinges, edges and corners rubbed, corners bumped. Internally very good in good binding.
Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España

Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España by Rea, Alonso de la (1610-1660?) from the library of Professor George M Foster

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Crónica de la Orden de N. Seráfico P. S. Francisco, Provincia de San Pedro y San Pablo de Mechoacán en la Nueva España
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Rea, Alonso de la (1610-1660?) from the library of Professor George M Foster
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The Book Collector ABAA, ILAB, TBA (United States)
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Very Good
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xv+488 pages with appendices. Octavo (8 1/2" x 5") bound in quarter leather with gilt lettering to spine in stiff boards. From the library of Professor George M Foster. Second edition.Alonso de la Rea was born in Queretaro in 1610. He wrote his Cronica in 1637-1639, providing data on Michoacán and Jalisco. For many matters he leaned heavily on Torquemada, who in turn had copied them from Mendieta. Ricard, quoting an 18th century opinion, mentions that Rea lacked interest in chronology to an excessive degree. His work was however, an official and methodical chronicle of the province, preserving considerable detail about it. Rea's Cronica ... 1639 was first published in 1643, and is now a bibliographical rarity. The volume is divided into three books, totaling 92 chapter. Book 1 describes the region, products, people, their dealings with Aztecs, their general traits, religious rites, the last native emperors, and coming of the Spaniards. This is followed by arrival of the Franciscan missionaries, with biographies of some of these pioneer friars. Book 2 begins with the division of the province between Michoacán and Jalisco (1606) and contains numerous biographies of the members of that order. Book 3 is also a series of lives and an account of the Custodio del Rio Verde. The second edition was published in Mexico (1882). It includes additional relevant documents in three appendices. At the end of the text there is a table of contents, but no index.George McClelland Foster, Jr born in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on October 9, 1913, died on May 18, 2006, at his home in the hills above the campus of the University of California, Berkeley, where he served as a professor from 1953 to his retirement in 1979, when he became professor emeritus. His contributions to anthropological theory and practice still challenge us; in more than 300 publications, his writings encompass a wide diversity of topics, including acculturation, long-term fieldwork, peasant economies, pottery making, public health, social structure, symbolic systems, technological change, theories of illness and wellness, humoral medicine in Latin America, and worldview. The quantity, quality, and long-term value of his scholarly work led to his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1976. Virtually all of his major publications have been reprinted and/or translated. Provenance from the executor of Foster's library laid in.Condition:Foster's stamp to title. Corners bumped, edge wear to boards, rubbing to paper boards else a very good copy.
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Poems from the Desert by MONTGOMERY of ALAMEIN Field General the Viscount

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Poems from the Desert
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MONTGOMERY of ALAMEIN Field General the Viscount
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1944. First Edition. Signed. MONTGOMERY OF ALAMEIN, Bernard. Poems from the Desert. Verses by Members of the Eighth Army. London: George G. Harrap, (1944). Octavo, original half navy morocco, uncut, original cardboard slipcase. $1850.Signed limited first edition of this collection of 27 poems written by members of the Eighth Army while in the Western Desert in 1942-43, number 53 of only 110 copies signed by General Bernard Montgomery, who has written the Foreword, with etched frontispiece by Stephen Gooden.Twenty-six of the poems gathered here were the winning entries taken from 403 poems submitted to a competition organized by the Eighth Army's newspaper Crusader; poems had to be written in the Western Desert to be considered. The twenty-seventh poem ""has a unique history. Written on a scrap of paper, it fluttered into the hands of a soldier sheltering in a slit trench, during the battle of El Ahgeila."" As the renowned commander of the Eighth Army, Montgomery of Alamein, writes in his foreword, ""It is not too fanciful to see in the poems that follow something of the greatness of mind and spirit with which this valiant Army has been fired, and to which so many of its finest achievements can be attributed."" With original cardboard slipcase. A few spots of foxing to endpapers and cloth boards. A near-fine signed copy.
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Avvisi di utilità generale. Le raccolte di Grano più abbondanti. Le farine più salubri ed economiche. Il PANE migliore, Economico, più sostanzioso, più nutritivo... cotto in una nuova maniera... Firenze: Editori del Giornale di Commercio by Cookery

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Avvisi di utilità generale. Le raccolte di Grano più abbondanti. Le farine più salubri ed economiche. Il PANE migliore, Economico, più sostanzioso, più nutritivo... cotto in una nuova maniera... Firenze: Editori del Giornale di Commercio
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Cookery
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Firenze: Via Panzani, 1832. 8vo. 220 x 140 mm., [8 ¾ x 5 ¾ inches]. 8 pp. Later mauve colored paper wrappers. Ownership stamp of H. Gerroid. Rare pamphlet discussing recent bumper harvests of wheat and methods for the production of the healthiest and cheapest flours to produce the most nutritious bread, prepared in a new method to preserve both flavor and nutrients. Piedmont style bread, called "Pane Toscano or Richard", was the most favored brand in Florence and this advertising pamphlet describes in detail the history of the brand, its method of production and the reasons for its singular success in the region. It does all this without mentioning a competitor or other methods of production, but stresses it healthful qualities and flavor. With the ownership stamp of Baron Hector Garriod (1803-1883), a celebrated art dealer bornn in the Savoy but who lived most of his life in Florence. Not cited in ICCU, Westbury or other culinary reference books.
The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols]

The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols] by Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Cochran, Russ

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The Edgar Rice Burroughs Library of Illustration [3 Vols]
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Burroughs, Edgar Rice; Cochran, Russ
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Carpetbagger Books, ABAA (United States)
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West Plains: Russ Cochran, Publisher, 1976. First Edition. Hardcover. Very Good. Limited to 2000. Fine in a Fine slipcase. Cream cloth with gilt lettering on the spines, brown leather labels and paste-down illustrations on the front boards. Square and firmly bound, clean internally.
Going to Meet the Man

Going to Meet the Man by Baldwin, James

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Going to Meet the Man
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Baldwin, James
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Dial Press, 1965. first. hardcover. near fine/very good. First edition. Book near fine. Dust jacket very good, minor wear and tear, minor foxing to inside of dj.
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FRANCES TOOR'S MOTORIST GUIDE TO MEXICO; Maps and Drawings by Carlos Mérida and A. Cervantes

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FRANCES TOOR'S MOTORIST GUIDE TO MEXICO; Maps and Drawings by Carlos Mérida and A. Cervantes
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Beverly Karno Books LLC (United States)
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México: Frances Toor Studios, 1938. b/w plates, illus., maps, ind., three-color artwork on beige coth covers. Stunning illustrated cover by Carlos Mérida.