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Author's name, Ioa de Gaona, mentioned in license on t.p. verso. Text entirely in Nahuatl, Prologo in Spanish, short laudatory poems by Frater Antonius in Latin. Colophon: A honra, y gloria de n[uest]ro senor Iesu Christo, y d[e] su be[n]dita madre: acabaro[n]se de imprimir estos Colloq[ui]os, co[n] lice[n]cia y priuilegio; en Mexico, en casa d[e] Pedro Ocharte, a .xviij de Octubre, de .M.D.Lxxxij. años. Title vignette, portrait of St. Francis. "Con licencia, y priuilegio." Foliation errors: leaves 13 and 15 wrongly numbered 12 and 14, respectively. Signatures: a-b⁸ A-P⁸.
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Colophon on the recto of leaf Q7: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro Senor, y de la gloriosa virgen sancta Maria su bendita madre, se acabo de Imprimir este Arte Zapoteca, a ocho dias del mes de Agosto. En Mexico, en casa de Pedro Balli Ano de 1578. Woodcut coat of arms "escudo dominicano" on t.p.; woodcut ill. of "Nuestra Senora del Rosario" on the leaf of plates. Includes Zapotec grammar, instructions on arithmetic, the calendar, and "Cosas notables." Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-P⁸ Q⁸(Q8 blank?). Errata on leaf [1] at end.
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