Arte de la lengua cahita conforme à las reglas de muchos peritos en ella
By: Compuesto por vn padre de la Compañia de Jesus, missionero de mas de treinta años en la provincia de Cynaloa. Esta lo saca á luz, y humilde lo consagra al grande Apostol de la India Oriental, y primer Apostol del Japon San Francisco Xavier
Contributors: Basilio, Tomás, d. 1654; Brown, John Nicholas, 1900-
Publisher: en la Imprenta de D. Francisco Xavier Sanchez, en el puente de Palacio
Published: 1737
Place of publication: En Mexico
Language: spa; cai
Number of pages: 118
Subjects: Indians of Mexico; Glossaries, vocabulary; Grammar; Missions; Cahita language; Indian linguistics; Languages; Texts; Jesuits; CSAIP; Catholic Church
Notes: The work has been variously attributed to Diego Pablo Gonzalez and to Tomãs Basilio.

Date of publication appears before publisher's statement on t.p.

Dedication and preface to the reader in Spanish, text in Spanish and Cahiti.

Signatures: pi⁴ A⁴ (A1 + chi1) B⁴ D-Q⁴ *-*6⁴ *7²

Title in ornamental border (printer's ornaments), woodcut device of the Society of Jesus on t.p., flanked by the date of publication, woodcut tail-piece.

Errata leaf chi1 inserted in signature A between leaf A1 and A2.

Medina, J.T.  México, 3452.

Viñaza.  Bib. lenguas indigenas de America, 307.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.), 17736.

Backer-Sommervogel, III:1582.

John Carter Brown Library copy has recent ink drawing of a saint's head (?) on verso of t.p. Bound in contemporary limp vellum.

Provenance of John Carter Brown Library copy: gift of Mr. John Nicholas Brown : bookplate.