Grammar of the Pima or Névome, a language of Sonora, from a manuscript of the XVIII century
New York: Cramoisy Press, 1862. First edition limited to 160 copies, 80 of them, as here, on large paper; large 4to, pp. [2], viii, [9]-97, [1]; bound with, as issued, Doctrina Christiana y confesionario en lengua Névome, o sea la Pima... San Augustin de la Florida, 1862, pp. 32; two tears in the top margin of the first title page neatly repaired; all else near fine in recent blue cloth, red morocco label on spine. Issued as Volume V in Shea's Library of American Linguistics. Nicely printed by Joel Munsell in Albany. Pilling, Proof-sheets, 3642 and 3643. Sabin 84380: "According to the editor's advertisement, the author of the work is unknown, but he was probably a Jesuit missionary. The manuscript may have been brought to Spain after the suppression of the order in Mexico in 1767. It was obtained by Mr. Smith from the collection of the late Bartolomé Gallardo of Toledo and is now in the library of the New York Historical Society." Item #50122
Price: $400.00
