LIST OF AUTHORITIES. XVII 
Boturini Benaduci (Lorenzo) — continued. 
Catalogo I del \ Museo Histoiico ludiano del | Cavallero Lorenzo | 
Boturini Benaduci, | Seilor de la Torre, | y deHono, | cxuien llego a la 
Nueva Espaiia | per Febrero del ano 1736. y a porfla- | das diligen- 
cias, e immensos gastos de ( su bolsa junto, en diferentes Provin | 
cias, el siguiente Tesoro Literario, que | va especificado, y dividido 
segun los | varios assuntos de las Naciones, elm- | perios antiguos de 
los Indios, y puede | servir para ordenar, y escribir la Histo- | ria 
General de aqnel NuevoM undo, | fundada en Monumentos indispu- | 
tables de los mismos Indios. | b. c. 
4 11., pp. 1-96. 
"The Catalogue of his Indian Historical CoUeotiou of MSS., Maps, and Diction- 
aries, and Gramm.ars of the Mexican languages, occupies four leaves after p. 167 of 
the 'Idea,' and the succeeding pp. 1 to 96. Most of these valuable relics of the 
golden age of the American Aborigines disappeared during the one hundred and 
twenty-five ye.ars which have elapsed. This wonderful collection included historic 
material relating to eacli of the six great Mexican nations. Although so great a 
length of time has elapsed since its dispersal, M. Aubin, an amateur collector at 
Paris, has had the good fortune to recover many of them. 
"This great museum of Mexican antiquities and MSS., copies of the equally 
wonderful histories of the Indian nations, written by learned Indians, was seized 
by the jealous and vindictive authorities of Mexico; and although for many years 
preserved among the archives of the Viceroy, yet the learned and industrious an- 
tiquarian was most wantonly deprived of the results of his labors. Clavigero saw 
some of this precious store before 1770, in which year was printed a work in Mex- 
ico, containiug copies of thirty-two of the paintiugs. 
"The author resided eight years in Mexico, and not only studied and copied 
the ancient MSS. and paintings, preserved in monasteries, churches, and colleges, 
but he formed an intimate acquaintance with the customs and habits of the living 
luAiam."— Field. 
Brasseur de Eourbourg (Abbe Charles Etienne). Bibliotheque | Mexico- 
Gnatemalienne | precedee d'uu | coup d'oeil sur les etudes Ameri- 
caines | dans leurs rapports avec les etudes classiques | et suivie du 
tableau parordrealpbabetiquedes ouvrages | de linguistique Anieri- 
caine contenus dans | le ineme volume, redigee et mise en ordre 
d'apres | les documents de sa collection Americaine | par | M. Bras- 
seur de Eourbourg | Ancieu Adiuinistrateur [&c., eight lines]. 
Paris ( Maisonneuve & G'", Libraire fiditeur | 15, Quai Vol- 
taire I 1871 I B. c. JCP. 
Half title 1 1., title 1 1., pp. i— xlvii, 1-183. 
Tableau par ordre alphab^tique des ouvrages de linguistique Americaine con- 
tenus dans la Bibliotheque Mexico-Guat6malienne, pp. 159-183. 
Most if not all the works meulioned in this catalogue were purchased by M. Alph. 
Pinart, who has since disposed of them atjiublic sale. See Pinart (Alph. L.) 
"The Mexico-Gnatemalan Library, the catalogue of which appears further on, 
contains the greater part of the documents of any importance which have been 
useful to me in the course of my historic aud philologic researches (iuriug 
twenty-five years. It is insignificant as to number of volumes ; it is of great v.ilue 
if their rarity be considered, especially as to that which concerns the linguistics of 
southern Mexico and Central America. In this respect I may say that it is unique. 
More than eighty manuscript volumes or treatises in languages of which the names 
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