Room II · Colonial Mexico

Title page of the Arte de la lengua mexicana by Alonso de Molina

Anonymous artist

Printed on paper with a drawing of the evangelization and the text: "Arte de la lengua mexicana y castellana, compuesta por el muy R.P. Fray Alonso de Molina, of the Order of Saint Francis, in this second printing again corrected, amended and expanded, fuller and clearer than the first. Addressed to His Excellency the Viceroy. Mexico, at the house of Pedro Balli, 1576". Reproduction in the book Nueva bibliografía mexicana del siglo XVI, printed in 1940.

Classification

Printed matter

Date

1519–1821 · 16th century

Material

Paper

Dimensions

13.7 × 22.5 × 0.1 cm

Inventory no.

MUNAG.040.02138

Credits

Curator: Gabriela Zesati · Fotografía: Israel Salinas