Item #35409 "Nociones del idioma náhuatl. Indispensables para la perfecta inteligencia de la parte mexicana de esta obra", in Boletín del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología: Tercera epoca Tom. I & II. Cecilio A. Museo Nacional de Arqueología Robelo, Historia y. Etnología, Mexico.

"Nociones del idioma náhuatl. Indispensables para la perfecta inteligencia de la parte mexicana de esta obra", in Boletín del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología: Tercera epoca Tom. I & II.

[Mexico]: Imprenta del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología, 1911-1913. [59]-290; 272; 152 pp. Illus. with numerous reproductions, photos, drawings, and figures, some folding. 4to. Paper wrappers. First edition. A good set, most wrappers soiled and worn, a half dozen wrappers detached, one lacking, dampstain to top edge of one issue (marginal only). León-Portilla: Tepuztlahcuilolli, impresos en náhuatl, II, 2325 (for náhuatl). Jones 2364 (for Catálogo). Item #35409

Robelo's comprehensive treatise on Nahuatl grammar begins with t.I, num 7 and runs for 16 issues (in 18 parts over 272 pages; the title changes to Jardín de las raíces aztecas for a few issues). The work is divided into eighty-eight lessons, structured around groups of words derived from the same root, with each section supplemented with copious notes (Robelo had published a work with the same title in 1911 in the Anales del Museo; and a 16 page pamphlet, with a similar title, appeared in 1912). Also includes: Catálogo general de la Biblioteca del Museo Nacional de Arqueología, Historia y Etnología (starting in t.I, num. 6. running 152 pages; all published?). Plus a number of other important articles: Jorge Engerrand, "Nuevos Petroglifos de la Baja California" (8 plates w. 13 figs., some color) and "Nota Complementaria acerca de los Petroglifos de la Baja California" (2 plates with 32 figs); Carlos Macias, "Los tehuantepecanos Actuales" (7 plates with 28 photographs); "Justo Sierra" with a bibliography of his work; Cecilio Robelo, Epifania de Cristobal Colon (Fantasia Esperita); Jorge Engerrand, "Informe sobre una Excursion a la Baja California" (3 plates w. 13 figs); Cecilio Robelo, "Mexico-Tenochtitan"; Cecilio Robelo, "Teotihuacan"; In all twenty-one consecutive issues Tom I: Num. 4-12 and Tom II: Num. 1-12. Lacking the first three numbers of the first volume but with the additional volume, "Anexo informe general acerca de los trabajos llevados a cabo en el establecimiento, 1911-1912."

Price: $400.00