Glossarium azteco-latinum et latino-aztecum / cura et studio Bernardini Biondelli collectum ac digestum
Author: Bernardino Biondelli (1804-1886)
Year: 1869
Publisher: Valentiner et Mues
Place: Milan
Description:
256+[2] pages. Folio (12 3/4" x 10") bound in leather with four raised spine bands with gilt lettering to spine. (Pilling 386; cf. Sabin 74948) First edition limited to 200 copies
Biondelli had previously published the Nahuatl-Latin section of the work in "Evangeliarium . Aztecum" of 1858 the Latin section is here published for the first time (Pilling 386)
Bernardino Biondelli was a prominent 19th-century Italian scholar who made foundational contributions to comparative linguistics, dialectology, archaeology, and numismatics. He is best remembered for his pioneering scientific study of Italian dialects, anticipating several key insights later formalized by the famous linguist Graziadio Isaia Ascoli. After working as an educator across the Veneto region, Biondelli moved to Milan in 1839. There, he took over as the curator of the prestigious Gabinett Numismatich Braidense (Braidense Numismatic Cabinet) from 1849 to 1883 and later served as a professor of archaeology. His extensive academic legacy spans the detailed study of Northern Italian dialects, the history of Milanese coinage, and deep-dive research into early Mesoamerican civilisations, including the compilation of an Aztec-Latin lexicon.
Condition:
Original wrappers bound in. Front cover partially sunned, corners bumped and rubbed. , some toning and foxing to pages, previous owner's book plates to front pastedown and front wrapper verso, front end paper with hand written notes in pencil else very good.
