first edition Hardcover
1992 · Berkeley
by Berdan, Frances F.; Patricia Rieff Anawalt
Berkeley: University of California Press, 1992. First edition. Hardcover. Very Good +. 254; 282; 152; 148pp. Folio [36cm]. Bound in 1/2 burgundy leatherette over cloth. Volume number stamped in gilt on each spine. Title stamped in gilt on all covers. Sporadic rubbing to leatherette has exposed underlying fibers, leaving small, scattered white spots. Else Fine. In publisher's burgundy cloth slipcase and original shipping box with descriptive label. Some of the cloth has begun to pull away from the slipcase, but this is unnoticeable when the books are inside. Deluxe edition, limited to 1,250 copies.
The Codex Mendoza is a largely pictoric history of the Aztec people, from the founding of Tenochtitlan circa 1325, to the Spanish conquest in 1521.
Volume I is a detailed interpretation of the codex, and includes appendices. Volume II includes an additional, reference heavy page-by-page description, a bibliography and an index. Volume III is a gorgeous, full color facsimile of the Codex Mendoza. The fourth volume serves to transcipt and translate the Spanish commentaries and glosses. (Inventory #: 67758)
The Codex Mendoza is a largely pictoric history of the Aztec people, from the founding of Tenochtitlan circa 1325, to the Spanish conquest in 1521.
Volume I is a detailed interpretation of the codex, and includes appendices. Volume II includes an additional, reference heavy page-by-page description, a bibliography and an index. Volume III is a gorgeous, full color facsimile of the Codex Mendoza. The fourth volume serves to transcipt and translate the Spanish commentaries and glosses. (Inventory #: 67758)
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