TYPE: Book
DIMENSIONS: 21 cm
COMPONENTS: 4to. 7 leaves, 38p. Complete. Recent vellum binding, and recent end-pages. Woodcut engravings in the title page.
CONDITION: Light staining in the right margin of the first pages, otherwise clean interior. Very good condition.
NOTES: In my experience the Mixtecan languages books are beyond rare. The auction records prove that, there are only 4 existing sales of Mixtecan books: Dorothy Sloan, 2013 (Catecismo en idioma Mixteco, 1837), Sothebys 1995 (CATHECISMO Y EXPLICACION DE LA DOCTRINA CHRISTIANA), Otto Lange, 1923 (Arte en lengua Mixteca publié par H. de Charencey. 1889) and Otto Lange, 1921 (Arte en lengua Mixteca publié par H. de Charencey. 1889).
[Palau 269108; Sabin 71490; edition not in Medina (BHA); cf. Medina JMexico) 3969. Second edition, there first one is from 1719 (no sales record exists). Only 4 copies found in institutions, 2 of them in the US (worldcat, 2015). Only sale record: Sothebys, 1995.
The one that I was given today is the same one that was sold by Sothebys in 1995. It is just amazing to have the chance to see a book in the Mixtecan language.
[Palau 269108; Sabin 71490; edition not in Medina (BHA); cf. Medina JMexico) 3969. Second edition, there first one is from 1719 (no sales record exists). Only 4 copies found in institutions, 2 of them in the US (worldcat, 2015). Only sale record: Sothebys, 1995.
The one that I was given today is the same one that was sold by Sothebys in 1995. It is just amazing to have the chance to see a book in the Mixtecan language.
LANGUAGE
Indigenous
ITEM ID: 3448
