Sole work on the language of the Moxo Indians of Upper Peru

Marban, Pedro de. Arte de la lengua Moxa, con su vocabulario, y cathecismo (and) Cathecismo menor en lengua Espanola, y Moxa.

Published by [Lima] Joseph de Contreras, 1701

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Marban, Pedro (S.J.) Arte de la lengua Moxa, con su vocabulario y cathecismo. [Lima] Joseph de Contreras [1701-1702]. 12mo. [16]+ 664 + 202 + [1 + l blank]p including index. Roman letter. First part printed in 2 columns. Contemporary vellum; title calligraphically lettered in ink on spine; remains of ties; edges of lower cover rubbed. The earliest grammar, dictionary and cathechism of the Moxo Indians of Upper Peru, and the first work on this indigenous language of the Americas. Moxo is related to the Arawak family of languages which includes Taino, spoken by the Caribbean Indian aborigines. The Spanish-Moxo Catechism is separately paginated in the form of a supplement. The author, Pedro Marban (1647-1713), a Jesuit missionary from Seville, travelled to Peru in 1675 to devote his final years to converting the Moxo Indians, whose language he had learnt to master. The tribe inhabits the lowlands of Beni in southeastern Bolivia, where Moxo is still spoken. The handsome Lima imprint remained the unique authoritative work on the Moxo language for the following two centuries. The preliminaries are dated 1701, the Catechism 1702. An exceptionally fresh copy in its original binding. Leclerc 2361; Medina, Lima, 712; Sabin 44465; Sommervogel V, 517. Seller Inventory # ABE-1661340265516

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Title: Sole work on the language of the Moxo ...

Publisher: [Lima] Joseph de Contreras

Publication Date: 1701

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Very Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket

Edition: 1st Edition