BOOK
Title:
An inquiry into the origin of the antiquities of America
Creators:
Delafield, John, 1812-1866 | Lakey, James.
Publication:
N.G. Burgess & Co., sterotyped by Glezen and Shepard, Cincinnati, 1839.
Notes:
Article by Lakey has caption title: A brief inquiry into the causes of the superiority of man in the Northern Hemisphere over those of the Southern Hemisphere. Title on cover: Antiquities of America. Codex on parchment in separate folder. References to codex on parchment pasted in opposite title page. Includes bibliographical references.
Extent:
142 p., 10 p. of plates (5 col.) : illus. ; 30 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Historia de Nueva-Espanna
Creators:
Cortés, Hernán, 1485-1547 | Lorenzana, Francisco Antonio, 1722-1804
Publication:
En la Imprenta del superior gobierno, del Br. D. Joseph Antonio de Hogal en la calle de Tiburcio, En México, año de 1770.
Notes:
The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th letters of Cortes with notes and additional material by Lorenzana. Title in red and black; engraved vignette with a motto: Opibus clara, religione nobilior. Type ornaments on t.p. Tail-piece. Various water-marks. Running titles; side-notes; catchwords. Errata: p. [21], first group. Maps: (1) Plano de la Nueva España ... dispuesto por J. A. de Alzate y Ramirez, 1769: (2) reproduction of map, representing the coast of the "Mar de el sur," designed by Domingo del Castillo, piloto, Mexico, 1541. Between p. 176 and 177 31 plates are inserted; [1]-[13] unnumbered, 14 skipped; 15-32 (i.e. 31) are numbered; 30 misnumbered "3". All ill. engraved, some signed. Signatures: pip2s[par.]-3[par.]p2sAp2schi1[par.]-4[par.]p2sB-5Op2s(-5O2)
Extent:
[22], xvi, 400, [18] p., [36] leaves of plates : ill., maps, plan ; 28 cm.
BOOK
Title:
Antiquities of Mexico: comprising fac-similes of Ancient Mexican paintings, hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal libraries of Paris, Berlin & Dresden; in the Imperial library of Vienna; in the Vatican library; ... together with "The monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix; with
Creators:
Kingsborough, Edward KingViscount, 1795-1837 | Aglio, Agostino, 1777-1857 | Dupaix, Guillermo.
Publication:
Havell, Bohn, London, 1831 : 1848.
Extent:
9 v. : pl. ; 57 cm.
