Aztec

Milan, 1827. Gallo Gallina. Aquatint engraving. Image measures 11" x 7 1/4". Sheet measures 14 1/8" x 9 1/4".<br/><br/> Beautiful aquatint from 1827 depicting two Aztec statues from various angles was published in Ferrario's "Il Costume Antico e Moderno." or "Ancient and Modern Costumes."<br> <br> The print is in very good condition with vibrant hand-coloring and full margins. Minimal overall wear. Giulio Ferrario (1767-1847) was... Read more about this item

London: T. Woodward, 1724. hardcover. good. Secretary and Historiographer to His Catholick Majesty. By James Townsend. [18], 163, 252, 152pp. Five parts in one volume. Complete with 7 engraved plates, one folding, one double-paged. 2 maps. Folio, modern tan leather, top half of text and illustrations are moderately dampstained throughout, front cover with small areas of light dampstaining. London: T. Woodward, 1724. First Edition in English<br/> <br/> Author was the official chronologer of... Read more about this item

Mexico: Ediciones Fuentes Cultural, 1954. Limited. hardcover. very good(+)/poor. Illustrated. 2 volsumes. Thick 4to, printed on wood pulp paper, blind stamped burgundy cloth (worn at spine ends), tattered d.w. Mexico: Ediciones Fuentes Cultural, 1954. A very good(+) pair in poor dust wrappers.<br/> <br/> Limited edition - one of 400 copies.<br/> <br/>

New York: Center for Inter-American Relations. Paperback. Fair+/None. Black matte pictorial, (front and back), softcover. Bottom front corner bent. Interior unmarked and binding sound. 8x9 ins. An exhibition catalog with B&W illustrations of sites and works of art 'from the last few hundred years before the Spanish Conquest in Mexico... The aim of this exhibition is to reacquaint the public with the art of the last major pre-Hispanic civilization of Mexico,' (from the preface by James... Read more about this item

Venice: Tasso, 1826. unbound. very good. Map. Engraving with hand coloring. 15.75" x 11". In very good condition.<br/><br/> Extensive explanatory text in Italian at bottom. The map is from Le Sage's "Atlante Storico, Geografico, Genealogico, Cronologico, e Letterario." It is in excellent condition with beautiful hand coloring and crisp lettering. Wide margins as issued. Emmanuel-Augustin-Dieudonné-Joseph, comte de Las Cases (1766--1842) was a French... Read more about this item