Arte de la lengua mexicana, y breves platicas de los mysterios de n. santa fee catholica, y otras para exortacion de su obligacion á los IndiosAuthor: Francisco de Avila Year: 1717 Publisher: herederos de la viuda de Miguel de Ribera Caldern Place: Mexico City Description: [13]+37 leaves. Small octavo (6' x 4") bound in later limp calf, extraneous later engravings mounted to endpapers. (Medina, Mexico 2478; Palau 20391; Pilling 193.) First edition. This rare and significant work by Francisco de Avila, published in 1717, is a combination of a Nahuatl grammar and a religious manual intended