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an old drawing of a man and a woman with birds in their handsa picture of a picture of a house in the woodsan old book sitting on top of a white table next to a white wallan old book with a black and white title on itan open book with a black and white title on itan image of a painting of a mountain with rocks and grassan old drawing of a stone structure on a hill with a mountain in the backgrounda drawing of a large rock with a face on ita drawing of a lizard on a rock in the grassdrawing of a view of the ruins of a temple in a mountainous areaan old print of a couple of statues sitting next to each otheran old book with a drawing of a statue of a man on top of a boxan open book with a drawing of a building on top of a hill
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279 - Central America – DUPAIX (Guillermo). Mexican Antiquities. A…
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Estimate €1,800 - €2,000
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Central America – DUPAIX (Guillermo). Mexican Antiquities. An account of three expeditions led by Captain Dupaix in 1805, 1806 and 1807, in search of the antiquities of that country, notably those of Mitla and Palenqué. Paris, Imprimerie Didot, 1834. Two volumes of text in a single folio volume, and a folio atlas; red half-shagreen, ornately ribbed spine, untrimmed (contemporary binding). First edition of this seminal work on Mayan monuments. A rare copy in period colour. The atlas comprises 165 plates (out of 166) lithographed by Engelmann after Castañeda’s drawings. The following plates are engraved on the same sheet: XLII, XLIII, and XLIV of the second part; I and II, V and VI, VII and VIII of the fifth part. The title page of the text is trimmed at the top in the margin; there is marginal staining on the first two plates; plate XVI of the first part (Pyramid of Cholula), the frontispiece and the map are missing. There is damage to the bindings, some foxing on the text, and marginal water damage to certain leaves and plates.
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About the sale MONTIGNAC – 31st BOOK SALE – Day 1 of 4 – Nos. 1 to 549
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Auction time 08/19/2026 at 11:00 AM
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