Description

Author: Durán, Diego (Fray) (c. 1537-1588)

Publisher: Orion Press

Pub Date: 1964

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Book: Fair. Binding tight. No tears, bends or folds. Previous owner’s name in marker on upper corner ffep. Both lower corners worn. Smudging to bottom text block. Dust Jacket: Fair. Price clipped. One approx. 1″ tear along upper front cover edge at spine head. One approx. 3″ triangular closed tear to bottom front cover edge. One approx. 2″ closed tear along upper rear cover edge. Numerous chips, small tears along upper edges front and rear.

Notes: The Duran Codex. Durán’s “History” may be the most complete ethnohistory of the Aztecs coming out of the Spanish conquest. It was much criticized during Durán’s lifetime, primarily because it gave too much credit to the savages for actually having a civilization. Illustrated with maps, charts, drawings (black-and-white and color). Glossary and Bibliography.