Promptuario manual mexicano
Subtitle: que á la verdad podrá ser utilissimo á los parrochos para la enseñanza ; á los necessitados indios para su instrucción ; y á los que aprenden la lengua para la expedición ...
By: La que con la claridad, y propriedad en el idioma, que pudo, dispuso el P. Ignacio de Paredes de la Compañia de Jesus ...
Contributors: Force, Peter, 1790-1868, former owner.; Smith, Buckingham, 1810-1871, former owner.; Fisher, Otto Oren, former owner.; Spanish-American Imprint Collection (Library of Congress); Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: En la Imprenta de la Bibliotheca Mexicana, enfrente de San Augustin
Published: 1759
Place of publication: En Mexico
Language: spa
Number of pages: 380
Subjects: Mary, -- Blessed Virgin, Saint -- Apparitions and miracles -- Mexico -- Early works to 1800; Catholic Church -- Catechisms -- Aztec -- Early works to 1800; Jesuits -- Missions -- Mexico -- Sources -- Early works to 1800; Nahuatl language -- Texts -- Early works to 1800; Guadalupe, Our Lady of -- Sermons -- Early works to 1800
Genres: Early works to 1800.; Texts; Sermons
Other titles: Platicas, y Mission Mexicana
Notes: Text in Nahuatl. Title, prefaces, dedication, and captions in Spanish.

Frontispiece engraving (etching) of St. Ignatius of Loyola, signed by Zapata, is identical to that in Compendio del arte de la lengua mexicana del P[adre] Horacio Carochi de la Compañia de Jesus ... por el P[adre] Ignacio de Paredes. The two works have the same imprint and date of publication.

Full-page woodcut coat of arms follows title leaf.

Signatures: [par.]-5[par.]⁴ 6[par.]² chi1 A-3A⁴ 3B² A-I⁴ [par.]-2[par.]⁴ *1 K-Z⁴ 2A².

Includes a sermon at the end dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe.

Includes indexes.

LC Copy 1 in limp vellum with alum-tawed ties and title (Pláticas ...) hand lettered on spine. Has inscription on front flyleaf: Peter Force, from his friend Buckingham Smith; cut-out woodcut illustration (with ms. doodles) tipped onto same leaf. Has ink stamp: Library of Congress, City of Washington, 1867.

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