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Kessinger Publishing, LLC, 9/10/2010 12:00:01 A. paperback. Very Good. 1.0630 in x 10.9843 in x 8.2677 in.

Mexico: Editorial Porrua, 1967. First edition thus. Softcover. Octavo, Two volumes. In Good plus condition. Spines are white with black print. Covers with light edge wear, light shelf wear. Text blocks have deckle edges, uncut pages. Illustrated: color plates. Text in Spanish. NOTE: Shelved in ND-HV. CONTENTS: Vol. 1. I. Libro de los Ritos y Ceremonias en las Fiestas de los Dioses y Celebración de Ellas, Redactada el Año 1570 ; II. El Calendario Antiguo, Redactado en 1579 (xlvii, 341 pages)- Vol. 2. Historia (641 pages). 1376381. FP New Rockville Stock.

Editora Nacional, 1965. Softcover. Very good/No jacket. In Spanish. #154/250cc. Three volumes, the third being the "Atlas", really all the plates in the original 16th century edition. Shelfworn.

Mexico: Editorial Porrua, S. A., 1967. This book is volume II only and measures approximately 9.25" x 7" with 641 numbered pages. This book is in very good condition. Minor bumping to both ends of spine. Moderate staining and scuffing to both boards. Moderate staining and foxing to all edges of textblock. Dust jacket is in very good condition. Minor chipping to both ends of spine. Minor sunning and staining to both panels and spine. Please view the many other rare titles available for purchase at our store. We are always interested in purchasing individual or collections of fine books. Inventory #(N6-29).

Two-volume set published in the series of Mexican classic texts Biblioteca Porrua # 36, 37, and edited with an Introduction by Angel Ma. Garibay K. The first volume contains Diego Duran's detailed descriptions of Mexica religious rites and ceremonial practices. First edition in Biblioteca Porrua--a numbered edition of 3,000: vol. I stamped #1772; vol. II #2069. The pages of both volumes are unmarked and clean; dust jackets (rubbed and fading) and lower corners show shelf wear. In stock. Usually ships in three days. Weight and multi-volume set will incur additional international shipping.

Editorial Porrua, 1967. Very Good. Duran, Fray Diego. Historia De Las Indias De Nueva Espana E Islas De La Tierra Firme. Two volume set. Garibay K., Angel Ma.. Mexico, D.F. (Mexico City): Editorial Porrua, 1967. Facsimile. xlvii, 341; 641pp. Indexed. Illustrated. 8vo. Red cloth with green bands and gilt lettering. Book condition: Very good. Former owners' names on front free end sheet of both volumes. Last page of volume two has some short tears from hinge.

3 volumes: xvi+535 pages; 305+[1]-177 pages with Explanation of the Codice Geroglifico of Mr Aubin by Alfred Chavero; 65 full-page engravings drawn from the Duran and Aubin manuscript, collates [1-32]+[1-10]+[1a]+[11a]+[2a-6a]+Aubin Codex [1a-16a]. Large Quarto (11 3/4" x 8 3/4") bound in original publisher's wrappers and housed in three cloth enclosures. Introduction and atlas by Jose F Ramirez. First edition.In the final quarter of the sixteenth century, Diego Duran compile an account of the history and religious-ritual system of the natives of late pre-Hispanic Central Mexico that is one of the richest resources for the study of Meosamerica's past. The Dominican friar's comprehensive reconstruction of Mexica culture is contained in his only known extant work, the Historia de las Indias de Nueva Espana e Islas de la Tierra Firme. This chronicle is composed of three tratados: 1) the "Libro de los Ritos" (completed in c1576); 2) the "Calendario Antiguo" completed in 1579); and 3) the "Historia"… Read More