Antonio de León y Gama, 1832

Second Expanded Edition of León y Gama's Treatise on the Aztecs
Antonio de León y Gama, 1832
LEÓN Y GAMA, Antonio de (1735-1802). Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. Segunda edición. Mexico City: Alejandro Valdés, 1832.

Second edition of this important work on Aztec art and archaeology. This revised edition was augmented by an additional 148-page supplement by León y Gama, previously unpublished, and two new plates: one schematic diagram of solar concepts used by the Ancient Mexicans and another showing details from a pictorial manuscript. Field 909; Palau y Dulcet 135588; Pilling 2259; Sabin 40060.

Quarto (198 x 143mm). Five folding engraved plates. 19th-century quarter sheep over marbled boards (spine rubbed, board edges and corners worn; Zambrano library label on back pastedown). Provenance: Alfredo Chavero (1841-1902, Mexican writer and archaeologist; ink stamp on title).