Author: Love, Bruce
Title: The Paris Codex. Handbook for a Maya Priest
Description: Austin, University of Texas Press, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, so stated. Reddish cloth in unclipped jacket. 124 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A detailed study of one of four handpainted books (or codices) that have survived from pre-Columbian times. The work consists of 22 screen-folded pages of hieroglyphs, figures and calculations, with analysis of the work as used by Maya priests as a handbook for divination, prophecy and history. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and toning to the jacket along the top edge. Light edgewear. Small address stamp to the lower rear endpaper. Very Good/Very Good.
Keywords: Noisbn Mesoamerican History
See more books from our catalog: History
Title: The Paris Codex. Handbook for a Maya Priest
Description: Austin, University of Texas Press, 1994. First Edition. Cloth. First edition, so stated. Reddish cloth in unclipped jacket. 124 pp. Black and white photos and illustrations throughout. A detailed study of one of four handpainted books (or codices) that have survived from pre-Columbian times. The work consists of 22 screen-folded pages of hieroglyphs, figures and calculations, with analysis of the work as used by Maya priests as a handbook for divination, prophecy and history. VERY GOOD+ condition. Minor fading and toning to the jacket along the top edge. Light edgewear. Small address stamp to the lower rear endpaper. Very Good/Very Good.
Keywords: Noisbn Mesoamerican History
Price: US$ 63.00 Seller: Mare Booksellers
- Book number: 019786
- Book number: 019786
See more books from our catalog: History