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OROZCO Y BERRA, Manuel (1816–1881). Geografia de las Lenguas y Carta Etnográfica de México… Mexico: J. M. Andrade and F. Escalante, 1864. 4to. Half– title, large hand–colored folding map of Mexico at rear (some pale foxing). Later half morocco over pebbled boards, raised bands, gilt titling in compartments, top edge gilt (a tiny bit of rubbing to spine); slipcase. FIRST EDITION of what Sabin describes as “not only the best publication about the geography of Mexican idioms, but also a standard for all books on the geography of languages in general” and includes linguistic material with an extensive article on Apache dialects. Sabin 57641.