Florentine Codex: General History of the Things of New Spain

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Author: Sahagún, Bernardino de (1499–1590) from the library of Professor George M Foster Year: 1950-69 Publisher: University of Utah Press Place: Salt Lake City Description: 12 volumes in 11. Volume 1: The Gods 46 pages with 46 illustrations, appendix and Temporary Foreword laid in (the original printing limited to 1000 copies did not have the title to the spine; Volume 2: The Ceremonies 216 pages with 66 illustrations, appendix and Temporary Foreword laid in; Volume 3: The Origin of the Gods 68 pages with 19 illustrations and appendix; Volume 4 and 5 (bound together): The Soothsayers and the Omens 196 pages with 113 illustrations, appendices and Temporary Foreword laid in; Volume 6: Rhetoric and Moral Philosophy 260 pages with 52 illustrations; Volume 7: The Sun, Moon, and Stars, and the Binding of the Years 81 pages with 22 illustrations and appendix; Volume 8: Kings and Lords 89 pages with 100 illustrations and appendices; Volume 9: The Merchants 97 pages with 110 illustrations; Volume 10: The People 197 pages with 197 illustrations; Volume 11: The Earthly Things 297 pages with 963 illustrations and index; Volume 12: The Conquest of Mexico 122 pages with map, 160 illustrations and Temporary Foreword laid in. Quarto (11 1/4" x 9 1/4") issued in reddish brown cloth with brown lettering to spine and front covers. Translated from the Nahuatl with notes and illustrations by Charles E Dibble and Arthur J O Anderson. Professor George M Foster's personal copy. Monographs of the Sc

• Binding: Hardcover

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