[Dupaix, Guillermo, and Jose Luciano Castaneda]: Baradere, Jean-Henri, editors:

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ANTIQUITÉS MEXICAINES. RELATION DES TROIS EXPÉDITIONS DU CAPITAINE DUPAIX, ORDONNÉES EN 1805, 1806, ET 1807, POUR LA RECHERCHE DES ANTIQUITÉS DU PAYS, NOTAMMENT CELLES DE MITLA ET DE PALENQUE; ... A celebrated, beautiful, and highly important study of the antiquities of Mexico, featuring outstanding images of archaeological sites and artifacts, among the earliest ever published.The illustrations, drawn by expedition member Jose Luciano Castaneda, are among the most attractive and influential images of Mesoamerican antiquities ever executed. Many of the plates were later used by Kingsborough in his landmark study, which is certainly a testament to the quality of Castaneda's work, and to the lithographic talents of the Engelmann firm, which printed the illustrations. The plates show the ruins, monuments, and antiquities of Mexico and Mesoamerica, as well as images of artifacts and plans of buildings. They are the first significant published views of Mayan architecture, and Edison calls this work "a cornerstone for the French scientific construction of ancient Mexico during the coming decades."Guillermo Dupaix (1748 or 1750-1817), an officer in the Austrian dragoons, first visited Mexico in 1791, and retired from service in 1800. A few years afterwards he was charged by the Spanish King Charles IV to explore and document all the monuments of Mexico and New Spain still existing from the years before the Spanish conquest. The Dupaix expedition lasted from 1805 to 1807, and it was

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