Description: Very Good ++, Book does not appear to have been read. Pages and cover excellent and clean, binding like new. See photos, feel free to ask questions. This paperback adaptation of The Codex Mendoza places the most comprehensive, most extensively illustrated document of Aztec civilization within reach of a broad audience. Compiled in Mexico City around 1541 under the supervision of Spanish clerics, the codex was intended to inform King Charles V about his newly conquered subjects. The manuscript contains pictorial accounts of Aztec emperors' conquests and tribute paid by the conquered, as well as an ethnographic record of Aztec daily life from cradle to grave. This publication is an unsurpassed source of information about Aztec history, geography, economy, social and political organization, glyphic writing, costumes, textiles, military attire, and indigenous art styles.
Price: 299 USD
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico
End Time: 2024-08-16T21:27:33.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5.65 USD
Product Images
Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Subject Area: World History, Aztec Culture, Mexican Aztec Culture
Publication Name: The Essential Codex Mendoza
Item Length: 9 in
Publisher: University of California Press
Subject: History
Publication Year: 1997
Type: Textbook
Format: Trade Paperback
Language: Eng,Spa
Item Height: 12 in
Educational Level: Adult & Further Education
Author: Patricia Rieff Anawalt, Frances F. Berdan
Personalized: No
Features: 1st Edition
Level: Advanced
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Width: 1.25 in
Item Weight: 3 lb
Number of Pages: 416 Pages, and add'l 16 pages color facsimile images.
