[Rarebooks] FS: Penafiel's work on hieroglyphs of the Codex Mendoza w/color printed atlas. Mexico: 1885

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(MEXICO) Penafiel, Antonio. NOMBRES GEOGRAFICOS DE MEXICO: Catalogo Alfbetico de los Nombres de Lugar Pertencientes al Idioma "Nahuatl"... Dibiyos de las "Antiguedades Mexicanas" de Lord Kingsborough... Mexico: Oficina Tip. de la Secretaria de Fomento. 1885. Sm. folio. 260,(4)pp. Plus a color printed atlas at rear with a color title page and 39 color plates, each with multiple images. Text illustrated with hundreds of woodcut hieroglyphs in the Nahuatl language from the Codex Mendoza. Orig. brown calf, gilt, over marbled boards, a bit rubbed & corners rounded. Minor (1/2") split at top of rear hinge but binding is very sound. Cont. presentation inscription on the half-title.    $375.00 (trade discount allowed)

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