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Book/Printed Material Cuaderno de ortografia. Dedicado a los niños de los señores Martinez de Taos.

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Title

  • Cuaderno de ortografia. Dedicado a los niños de los señores Martinez de Taos.

Summary

  • This Spanish-language schoolbook on the use and pronunciation of the letters of the alphabet and the rules of punctuation is the first book printed in New Mexico. In 1834, Mexican official Ramón Abréu brought a printing press from Mexico to Santa Fe, where Abréu and press operator Jesús María Baca produced the book under the direction of Father Antonio José Martínez (1793-1867). Martínez, a priest who founded schools in the Taos area and was an active supporter of Mexican independence, purchased the press the following year and moved it to Taos. Baca also moved to Taos to work the press, which Martínez used to print books for the schools he established, as well as to print religious and political tracts. World Digital Library.

Names

  • Martínez, Antonio José, 1793-1867.

Created / Published

  • Santa Fé, Imprenta de Ramon Abreu á cargo de Jesus Maria Baca, 1834.

Headings

  • -  Spanish language--Orthography and spelling

Notes

  • -  "This little book is now the earliest known example of New Mexican printing ... Its authorship is nowhere indicated in its pages, but may with certainty be ascribed to Padre Antonio José Martinez, of Taos."--D.C. McMurtie, The first printing in New Mexico, Chicago, 1929, p. 5-6.
  • -  Signatures: [a⁸], [b⁴] (b4 (blank?) wanting)
  • -  Title within border; title vignette: woodcut of a moose.
  • -  Unbound, in portfolio.
  • -  Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
  • -  LAC scc 2019-10-10 update (1 card)

Medium

  • [22] p. 14 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • PC4145 .C8

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 31019605

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Martínez, Antonio José. Cuaderno de ortografia. Dedicado a los niños de los señores Martinez de Taos. Santa Fé, Imprenta de Ramon Abreu á cargo de Jesus Maria Baca, 1834. Pdf. https://www.loc.gov/item/31019605/.

APA citation style:

Martínez, A. J. (1834) Cuaderno de ortografia. Dedicado a los niños de los señores Martinez de Taos. Santa Fé, Imprenta de Ramon Abreu á cargo de Jesus Maria Baca. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://www.loc.gov/item/31019605/.

MLA citation style:

Martínez, Antonio José. Cuaderno de ortografia. Dedicado a los niños de los señores Martinez de Taos. Santa Fé, Imprenta de Ramon Abreu á cargo de Jesus Maria Baca, 1834. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <www.loc.gov/item/31019605/>.