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Karl W. Hiersemann
Katalog (Nr. 572): Americana: a collection of rare and valuable books relating to South and North America from the time of de discovery up to the year of 1865 — Leipzig: Karl W. Hiersemann, 1927

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AMERICANA

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The first (blank) leaf with the royal arms of Spain. Siguenza was a native of
Mexico, born in 1645, died 1700. He was esteemed as the most celebrated of the Literati
of Mexico, and published several works. This “Parayso” is a history of the foundation
of the Monastery of Jesus and Maria of Mexico in the lives of its members. See
Berist. Bibl.-Hisp.-Amer. Ill, p. 160.
420 SOLIS, A. de, istoria della conquista del Messico, della popolazione,
e de’ progress! nell’America settentrionale conosc. sotto nome di
Nuova Spagna. Trad, in Toscano da un’Accad. della Crusca.
With I portr. and 5 plates. 4to. Venezia, Poljetti, 1733. Boards. 72 —
Leclerc 1280. Very rare Italian translation.
421 STARR, F., Indians of Southern Mexico. An ethnographic
album. 141 pl. contain. 225 illustr. w. 32 pp. letterpress. Obi.
4 to. Chicago 1899. Cloth. 120 —
Represents portraits and groups of natives belonging to 13 different tribes, views
of villages, landscapes, etc. Also of interest with regard to the costume of the Mexican
natives.
422 STÜBEL, A. und M. UHLE: Die Ruinenstätte von Tiahuanaco
im Hochlande des alten Peru. 2 parts in one volume. 44 collo-
type plates, i coloured map and 68 pages of text. Large folio.
Breslau 1892. Bound in half leather. 150 —
The present work deals with a locality especially rich in early and interesting
remains, both architectural and sculptural, of Old Peruvian art. The instructive and
valuable illustrations are taken from original photographs made by the author himself
and will no doubt throw much new light on this branch of American archaeology.
423 TAPIA ZENTENO, C. de, arte novissima de lengua mexicana.
4 to. Mexico, Viuda de J. B. de Hogal, 1753. 10 prel. 11., 58 pp.
Vellum. 180 —
Medina V 4142. Vinaza 334. Leclerc 2338. Platzmann p. 27. Heredia II, 1497-
A very fine copy ot this rare work.
Tapia Zenteno, a Mexican native, was priest at Tampamolon, and obtained after-
wards the chair of the nahuatl language at Mexico University.
424 THOMAS, C., a study of the manuscript Troano. With intro-
duct. by D. G. Brinton. With 9 partly colour, plates and 101
illustr. Fol. Washington 1882. Half calf. XXXVII, 237 pp. 48 —
425 TONALAMATI, Das, der Aubin’schen Sammlung. Altmexi-
canische Bilderhandschrift der Bibl. Nat. in Paris (Msc. Mex.
Nr. 18—19). Auf Kosten des Herzogs von Loubat, mit Einleit,
u. Erläuterungen, herausgeg. von Ed. Seler. 2 parts (Repro-
duction of the manuscript and descriptive text). Folio obi.
Berlin 1900. 180 —
Not in the trade. This is the first edition of the manuscript to be published
in coloured reproduction, the 1887 edition published by the Museo Nacional
being a small number of uncoloured copies only. The manuscript consists of 18 painted
leaves which find a careful explanation by Mr. Seler on as many corresponding leaves.
The accompanying text itself (146 pp.) is illustrated by many woodcuts and gives the
history, description and the contents of the manuscript. There is also a detailed disser-
tation on the calendary-system of the Mexican natives. At the end an extensive index
of Mexican manuscripts is added.
426 TORRES Y VERGARA, Jos. de, consistencia de la respuesta
que diô él Maestre Escuela â la consulta, que le hizo el Sr. Dr.
D. Rodrigo Garcia Flores de Valdez, dean que tué de esta Santa
Iglesia Cathedral de Mexico el ano passado de 1722. Sobre
la costumbre de no ganar los prebendados enfermos la porcion
vacante de derecho de accrescer en dicha Sta. Igl. ... y refle-
1 M. = 1 sh. = $ 0,24 = Schw. fr. 1,25 = Holl. fl. 0,60 = Schw. Kr. 0,90.
 
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