Title within historiated border; historiated and ornamental capitals; italic type.

Date precedes printer statement on t.p.

Signatures: a-x⁸ y⁴ (h2 and h3 missigned as g2 and g4 respectively, k3 not signed)

Foliation errors: misprinting 27, 94, 111, 154, 163 and 164 as 24, 80, 110, 134, 16 and 15 respectively; leaves 28 and 30-32 lack numeration.

Final unnumbered leaves contain colophon ([1]r) and table of contents ([1]v-[3])

Running titles: heading on verso of leaves varies; heading on recto reads "en lengua de Mech."(with variations Mechuacan or Me.)

"A honra y gloria de nuestro Señor Iesu Christo, y de su bendita madre: aqui se acaba el arte en la lengua Castellana, y en la lengua de Mechuacan: hecha por el muy. R Padre Fray Maturino Gylberti de la orde[n] del seraphico padre Sant Fra[n]cisco: con la qual se podran a prouechar della todos los que pretendieren aprender la lengua de Mechuacan: y tambien podra seruir para los indios de Mechuacan para aprender la lengua Castellana: acabo se de imprimir a ocho de octubre de 1558. Años."--colophon.

JCB Lib. cat., pre-1675, 200.

Medina, J.T. Mexico, 34.

García Icazbalceta, J. Bib. mexicana (1954 ed.), 32.

Palau y Dulcet (2. ed.) 102191.

Sabin 27357.

Millares Carlo, A. Juan Pablos, 30.

Viñaza. Bibl. lenguas indígenas, 24.

Ugarte, S. Catálogo, 163.

John Carter Brown Library copy excessively trimmed on upper and outer margins, with some loss of headings, foliation and text. Missing text supplied by inserted ms. tags. Foliation for leaves 1-25 based on bibliographies.

John Carter Brown Library copy disbound, wrapped in a contemporary vellum binding with ms. on spine: Gilberti, Arte Tarasco, 1° 1558. Branded on top edge. Slight worm damage in signatures m-n.

John Carter Brown Library copy has: Nicolás León: bookplate.