Reglas de orthographia, Diccionario, y Arte del idioma Othomi, Breve instruccion para los principiantes, que dictó, Cathedratico Proprietario de dicho Idioma en el Real, y Pontificio Colegio Seminario [.] Dedícalo al Gloriosissimo Señor San Joseph, Padre Putativo del Verbo Eterno, y bajo su Proteccion lo saca à luz

Mexico: Puente del Espiritu Santo, Cuidad de Mexico. Biblioteca Mexicana, 1767. Hardcover. Good, some staining to pages here and there, has the appearance of being tender, title-page with moderate foxing around the perimeter. The binding is contemporary and somewhat primitive, adding to the charm of this copy.. Paper covered boards 4" x 5 88") with applied cloth over spine and attaching to boards. Title-page, followed by engraved frontis, then (22) pp. of preliminaries, then pp. 1-160. Inserted at p. 13 is an engraved sheet or errata, dated 1768. Notes written in pencil on the ffep indicate that the frontis and engraved errata sheet present in this volume are excessively scarce and were unknown to Sabin. Both the engraved frontispiece and the engraved errata leaf are signed by the engraver Jose Francisco Gomez. There are also penciled notes of past prices written on the ffep, all relating to bookseller catalogues from the 19th century. The margins on the pages are sizable, adding to the desirablility of this copy. References: Medina: México, 5174 - García Icazbalceta: Lenguas, 55 - Viñaza, 356 - Sabin, no. 52413. There are three parts to this work: The first contains Molina's orthography. The second provides Otomi equivalents for over two thousand Spanish words and a list of numbers from one to one thousand. The third section consists of a grammar of the language in Spanish with examples of Otomi phrases. "The author was the first to establish a proper system of characters, which has been since retained" --Sabin.