204 NORTH AMERICAN LINGUISTICS. 
Doctrina — continued. 
Title from Sr. Icazbalceta's Life and Writings of Bishop Zumarraga, where it 
is (leaeribed as follows: In 8° Gothic letter. An edition, nnknowu, communi- 
cated to me by Sr. D. Jos6 M. de Agroda. The text, wholly in Mexican, com- 
mences on the verso of the frontispiece without any other title than "Doctrina." 
The alphabet follows, and immediately thereafter "Nican onipehua in doctrina 
xpiaua mexico tlatolli tiquitohua i nemach tiliz in xpianome ceca moueiiui in- 
ixquich tlacatl," &c., which continues to fol. ciij, wanting the remaining leaves, 
most likely one only, since there are -7 of the signature N. Neither the name of 
the author, nor the date of the edition is given, though it is without doubt a pro- 
duction of the ])re8ses of Cromberger or Juan Pablos, corresponding to the iirst 
years (if our typography. The types aud typographic oruamenis are the same 
which were employed in the first impressions of this hou^e. There is likewise, 
on the frontispiece, the Episcopal scutcheon of Sr. Zumarraga, which shows the 
edition to have been made at his expense and during his life. I judge it to be 
of the year 1547. 
Concerning the author of this anonymous Doctrina there appears to me to be 
sufficient reason to attribute it to Fr. Pedro de Gante. 
1053 Doctrina Cristiana en lengaa espauola y mexicana, hecha 
por los religiosos de la orden de Santo Domingo. * 
Title from Sr. Icazbaloeta's Life and writings of Bishop Zumarraga, where it is 
described as follows : 
Signatures A-T of 8 11., and V of 4 11., 156 numbered 11. of 2 columns, Spanish 
and Mexican. 4°. Gothic letter. 
I have seen but one copy of this most rare work: it belonged to Sr. D. JosiS F. 
Ramirez, passing afterwards into the possession of Sr. D. Alfredo Chavero, and 
since into that of Sr. D. Manuel Fernandez del Castillo, who bought it at a sale 
in London for £59. It is the same as that described in my Apuntes, No. 100. 
It is incomplete, wanting all of fold A, and the hrst leaf of B, or the tirst 9 11., 
beginning with the tenth, numbered x. It lacks, also, the upper jiartof the last 
leaf on which was the colophon ; but these faults have been supplied as to certain 
points by means of a manuscriiit copy made in 1775, which 1 have among my 
books. It bears a frontispiece which pretends to bo a fac-simile. and it agrees 
with that of the edition of 1550, given below. Above it says: "Veritas douiinl 
manet in eternum," followed by a scutcheon of S. Domingo, and at the loot: 
Declaraciou y exposicion de la Doctrina Christiana en Leugua Espauola & Mexi- 
cana: echa por los religiosos de la orden de Sancto Domingo. Auo de 1548. 
On the verso of the last leaf is the colojihou, which, completed by means of the 
manuscript copy, reads thus: 
Con Privilefjio Imperial. A gloria y alabanza cle nuestro Redemptor 
Jesu Christo y de su bendita Madre, aqui se acaba la declaracion de la 
Doctrina Cliristiana en Lengua enpanola y Mexicana, y una Columna 
corresponda d otra: sentencia por sentencia: de grande ulilidad y 
provecho pura la nalud de las animas, y en especial para los naturales 
dsta tierra/ \ ]i q scan fundados y roborados en las cosas d nra seta, 
fe cato- I lica: y aiiimados pa la guarda d los mandamietos diuiuos: 
y pa I q todos sepan los grades dones y reqzas que nfo clenietis- 
siino I redemptor qso comunicar mediante sus t^actos sacramentos 
con I el exercicio de las obras d mia: assi corporales como spuales: 
to I do lo ql se cotiene e los qreta sermocicos aq conteuidos. Ua 
saca I da la legua e t ata claridad como aC[ parece : assi porq mejor 
se d I todo a enteder a estos naturales/ como, table porq mejor | lo 
