Description
- Notes:
- opera, sumptibus, periculisque Bernardi Havestadt ... Tomus I. [-III.]
- Originally written in Spanish, between 1753 and 1765. Title of manuscript: Chilidugo ó Lengua de los Indios de el reyno de Chile.
- Work divided into seven parts and one appendix (v. 1: pts. 1-2; v. 2: pts. 3-4; v. 3: pts. 5-7; appendix)
- Title page v. 2 reads: Chilidúu pars tertia. Catechismus in prosa & versu. Tomus II. Monasterii Westphaliæ typis Aschendorfianis. 1777.
- Title page v. 3 reads: Chilidúu pars quinta. Voces Latinæ eodem ordine et adjectis numeris. Tomus III. Monasterii Westphaliæ typis Aschendorfianis. 1777.
- Appendix headed "Lachrymæ salutares" has special caption title and independent signatures and paging.
- Vignette on title pages: Monogram of Jesus.
- Date of publication on title page of v. 1 not given as part of the imprint, but on both sides of the vignette: 17
- Signatures: v. 1: * A-2K; v. 2: 2L-3D; v. 3: 3E-3N chi1 A-E (E8 verso blank). Leaf 2N4 (v. 2) signed as "Nn3"; leaf 2R4 (v. 2) signed as "R4"; leaf A2 (appendix) signed as "A3"
- Pages 321-328 in v. 1 not used; no text lacking. Page 460 (v. 1) misnumb.: "60"
- Plates (5) unnumbered; 1 is a folded map. The illustration on leaf E8recto (appendix) is a text illustration, not a leaf of plates.
- The accompanying material (music, forming part 6) was available separately, as was the map. The engraved half title (p. [1]) reads: Chiliduupars sexta. Notæ musicæ ad canendum in clavichordio cantiones partis tertiæ à n. 650 usque ad no. 676.
- Errata (v. 1: p. 586; v. 2: p. 808; v. 3: p. 952, [1-2]; appendix: p.78). Errata v. 2 include corrections to the appendix; errata in v. 3: p. [2] include corrections to Havestadt's work: Zwölf Missions-Predigten. Münster, 1778.
Citation
"Chilidúu sive Res Chilenses:
vel descriptio status tum naturalis, tum civilis, cum moralis regni populique Chilensis, inserta suis locis perfectæ ad Chilensem linguam manuductioni, Deo O.M. multis ac miris modis juvante
"
(1777).
John Carter Brown Library.
Brown Digital Repository. Brown University Library.
https://repository.library.brown.edu/studio/item/bdr:577115/
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