Arte De La Lengua Japona Dividido En Quatro Libros Segun El Arte De Nebrixa Con Algunas Voces

by Melchor Japan Mexico Linguistics Oyanguren De Santa Ines

$28,000 · Offered by Liber Antiquus

First edition

FIRST EDITION. Bound in contemporary vellum. Manuscript annotation at front endpaper “Este libro va para D. Sebastian de Arauna beneficiado, y cura en la Villa de Helorrio en el Señorio de Vizcaya”. An extremely rare Japanese grammar, printed in Mexico for the use of Franciscan missionaries to Japan. It also includes a number of sections devoted to the teaching of Chinese. In the course of the book, the

• Binding: Leather

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