Arte de la lengua metropolitana del reyno Cakchiquel, o Guatemalico

Creator

Flores, Ildefonso José

Place

En Guatemala [Guatemala City?]

Publisher

Con licencia de los Sup. por Sebastian de Arebalo

Date

año de 1753

Notes

Title page includes special symbols not found in Roman alphabet, corresponding to phonemes specific to Cakchikel

Signatures: [A]⁴ B-G⁴ chi⁴ (-chi4) ²C-²G⁴ H-I⁴ J⁴ K-Z⁴ a-i⁴ j⁴ k-z⁴ Aa⁴ Bb²

Title and statement of responsibility from photograph of title page in Medina

In Spanish and Cakchikel

Stop press corrections and typographical differences appear in each copy

Errata: p. [53], 1st count

Title page printed within ornamental woodcut border; headpiece

The "Q,utuhil" language referred to in title page transcription is the Tzutuhuil language

Local notes

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 bound in contemporary full sheep

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 imperfect: title page supplied in facsimile

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 bound in contemporary full sheep

John Carter Brown Library copy 2 acquired with the assistance of the Sophia Augusta Brown Fund

John Carter Brown Library copy 1 imperfect: has title page supplied in facsimile; wanting all before p. [33] and p. [53-54], 1st count; p. 59-62, 2nd count, also supplied in facsimile; wanting the lower half of p. 111-112, 2nd count; p. 176-183, 3rd count, supplied in facsimile, wanting all after 313, 3rd count