Introducción a nuestra edición del "Linguae vasconum primitiae" de Bernard Dechepare

Reproduction of the first known printed Basque book, the "Linguae Vasconum Primitiae" by Bernat d´ Echepare in facsimile form. The author presents the biography of Echepare, where mention is made to the trial in which took part as a witness and after which he was arrested and incarcerated. The book contains religious and sentimental poems, and the author analyzes the metrics and mentions the existing issues