Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the royal libraries of Paris, Berlin and Dresden, in the Imperial library of Vienna, in the Vatican library, in the Borgian museum at Rome, in the library of the Institute at Bologna, and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford, together with The monuments of New Spain by M. Dupaix, with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions / the whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts by Lord Kingsborough ; the drawings, on stone, by A. Aglio.
Published / Created:
London : Published by Robert Havell ... and Colnaghi, Son, and Co ... : 1831-1848.
Physical Description:
9 v. : ill., facsims. (most col.) ; 55 cm.
Holdings:
Rare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2015 40 Copy 1Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionRare Books and ManuscriptsFolio A 2015 40 Copy 2Yale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon Collection
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
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Classification:
Books
Notes:
Vols. 6 and 7 were "printed by Richard and John E. Taylor, 1831." Vols. 8 and 9 have imprint: Published by Henry G. Bohn ... : Printed by Richard and John E. Taylor ..., 1848."In seven volumes"--Vols. 1-7, t.p. "In nine volumes"--Vols. 8 and 9, title page.At end of v. 9: "Ritos antiquos, sacrificios é idolatrías de los Indios de la Nueva España ..." (60 p.). Section paged separately and designated in footers as "Vol. X"; however, text ends (p. 60) with: "End of Vol. IX which concludes the work."Brunet, J.-C. Manuel du libraire et de l'amateur de livres (5e éd.), vol. 3, col. 663Grässe, J.G.T. Trésor de livres rares et précieux, vol. 4, p. 19Sabin, J. Dictionary of books relating to America from its discovery to the present time, vol. 9, p. 484-485, item 37800BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in red half morocco and mottled boards. Advertisement for the present work, together with other publications by Henry Hering, shelved separately: Octavo 2025 1.BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in blue half morocco and marbled boards.
Contents:
1. Copy of the Collection of Mendoza, Bodleian Library, 73 p. -- Copy of the Codex Telleriano-Remensis, Royal Library at Paris, 93 p. -- Facsimile of a Mexican hieroglyphic painting from the collection of Boturini, 23 p. -- Facsimile of an original Mexican painting, collection of Sir Thomas Bodley, Bodleian Library, 40 p. -- Facsimile of an original Mexican painting, Selden Collection of Mss. in the Bodleian Library, 20 p. -- Facsimile of an original Mexican hieroglyphic painting, Selden Collection, 1 roll. 2. Copy of a Mexican ms. in the Vatican Library, 149 p. -- Facsimile of an original Mexican painting given to Oxford University by Archbishop Laud, Bodleian Library, 46 p. -- Facsimile of an original Mexican painting, Imperial Library at Vienna, 66 p. -- Facsimiles of original Mexican paintings deposited in the Royal Library at Berlin by Baron De Humboldt, and of a Mexican bas-relief, Royal Cabinet of Antiques.
Subject Terms:
Codex Telleriano-Remensis. | Codex Fejérváry-Mayer. | Codex Vaticanus. | Manuscripts, Nahuatl -- Facsimiles. | Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo, 1702–1751 -- Art collections. | Biblioteca apostolica vaticana. | Bibliothèque nationale (France) | Bodleian Library. | Königliche Bibliothek zu Berlin. | Österreichische Nationalbibliothek. | Ethnology -- Mexico. | Nahuatl language. | Nahuatl literature. | Indians of Mexico. | Mexico -- Antiquities. | Mexico -- History -- To 1519. | Mexico -- History -- Conquest, 1519–1540. | Literature -- Aztec. | Indians, North American. | Ethnology.
Form/Genre:
Lithographs -- Hand-colored | Hand coloring.
Contributors:
Aglio, Agostino, 1777–1857, artist. | Dupaix, Guillermo. | Fernández de Oviedo y Valdés, Gonzalo, 1478–1557. | Cortés, Hernán, 1485–1547. | Bernardino, de Sahagún, 1499–1590. | Simón, Pedro, 1565– | Alvarado Tezozómoc, Fernando, active 1598. | Alva Ixtlilxóchitl, Fernando de, 1578–1650. | Adair, James, approximately 1709–1783. | Veytia, Mariano, 1718–1780? | Bohn, Henry G. (Henry George), 1796–1884, publisher. | Havell, Robert, 1793–1878, publisher. | Moyes, James, -1838, printer. | Richard and John Edward Taylor (Firm), printer. | Colnaghi (P. & D.) & Co., publisher.
