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Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendar Systems, and History (Smithsonian Institution Bureau of American Ethnology, Bulletin 28)
Seler, Eduard; Forstemann, E.; Schellhas, Paul; Sapper, Carl; Dieseldorff, E.P.; Bowditch, Charles P.; Holmes, W.H.
Published by Government Printing Office 1904
- Hardcover
- First Edition
Seller: Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA, Webster, U.S.A.Yesterday's Muse, ABAA, ILAB, IOBA
Contact seller5-star sellerHard Cover. Condition: Good. No Jacket. First Edition. First edition. Former library copy, usual marks. Front hinge just beginning to weaken. 1904 Hard Cover. 682 pp. Black-and-white photographs, illustrations, and fold-outs throughout text, comprising 49 plates and 134 figures. A study of Latin American cultures focusing on anc…ient artefacts. Contents include: The Mexican Chronology, with Special Reference to the Zapotec Calendar; Ancient Mexican Feather Ornaments; Antiquities of Guatemala; Alexander von Humboldt's Picture Manuscripts in the Royal Library at Berlin; The Bat God of the Maya Race; The Wall Paintings of Mitla; The Significance of the Maya Calendar for Historic Chronology; The Temple Pyramid of Tepoztlan; The Venus Period in the Borgian Codex Group; Aids to the Deciphering of the Maya Manuscripts; Maya Chronology; Time Periods of the Mayas; Maya Hieroglyphs; The Central American Calendar; The Pleiades; The Central American Tonalamatl; Recent Maya Investigations; The Inscription on the Cross of Palenque; The Day Gods of the Mayas; From the Temple of Inscriptions at Palenque; Three Inscriptions of Palenque; Comparative Studies in the Field of Maya Antiquities; The Independent States of Yucatan; Two Vases from Chama.
More imagesThe Dresden Codex - Three Peabody Museum Papers - 1906, 1921 and 1924
Förstemann, Ernst Wilhelm ; Carl E. Guthe and Robert W. Willson
Language: English
Published by Peabody Museum, Cambridge 1924
- Hardcover
Seller: Recycled, Corte Madera, U.S.A.Recycled
Contact seller5-star sellerCondition: Used - Near fine
US$ 125.00
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Add to basketBuckram. Condition: Near Fine. First Thus. Three different publications on the great Mayan manuscript: Commentary on the Maya manuscript in the Royal Public Library of Dresden. A possible solution of the number series on pages 51 to 58 of the Dresden Codex. Astronomical notes on the Maya codices . Bound at a later date in buckra…ms, all complete with their original illustrations. RARE. Illustrated (illustrator).
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Seller: True World of Books, Delhi, IndiaTrue World of Books
Contact seller5-star sellerLeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1871 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt band…s. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 55 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 55.
Bureau of American Ethnology Bulletin 28: Mexican and Central American Antiquities, Calendar Systems, and History
SELER, Eduard, E. Forstemann, Paul Schellhas (contrib.) (et al); Charles P. Bowditch (translation); W.H. Holmes (chief)
Published by Smithsonian Institution / Bureau of American Ethnology / Government Printing Office, Washington, D.C. 1904
Seller: Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA, Winchester, U.S.A.Lorne Bair Rare Books, ABAA
Contact seller5-star sellerFirst English Language Edition. Octavo (24cm); green cloth-covered boards with titling stamped in gilt on spine, and blind ruling to covers; 682pp; colorful and black-and-white photographic halftones and illustrations, including many fold-out illustrations throughout. From the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologis…t Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024) with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown, and his pencilled notes throughout. Inked ownership of Moses B. Cotsworth to front endpaper. Shelf-wear and -soil, with upper spine convexed, and rubbing to board edges; Good. Collection of twenty-four papers, including those by E.P. Dieseldorff, Carl Sapper, and Paul Schellhas. Presuambly ownership of Moses Bruines Cotsworth, British accountant and calendar reformer. [89042].
