The Met CollectionSearch ArtAntiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden ; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library ; in the Borgian Museum at Rome ; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna ; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts

Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden ; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library ; in the Borgian Museum at Rome ; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna ; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts

Multiple artists/makers

1831–48

Not on view

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Title: Antiquities of Mexico : comprising fac-similes of ancient Mexican paintings and hieroglyphics, preserved in the Royal Libraries of Paris, Berlin, and Dresden ; in the Imperial Library of Vienna; in the Vatican Library ; in the Borgian Museum at Rome ; in the Library of the Institute at Bologna ; and in the Bodleian Library at Oxford. Together with the Monuments of New Spain, by M. Dupaix: with their respective scales of measurement and accompanying descriptions. The whole illustrated by many valuable inedited manuscripts
Illustrator: Augostino Aglio, the elder (Italian, Cremona 1777–1857 London)
Author: Guillermo Dupaix (1748–1818)
Author: Edward King (Viscount Kingsborough , 1795-1837)
Publisher: Robert Havell Jr. (American (born England), Reading 1793–1878 Tarrytown, New York)
Date: 1831–48
Geography: London, England
Dimensions: 9 volumes : illustrations ; Height: 21 5/8 in. (55 cm)
Object Number: T3M K55 Folio v.5
Curatorial Department: Thomas J. Watson Library

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