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Book/Printed Material Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional

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Title

  • Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional : fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, símbolos, caractéres, y geroglíficos, cantares, y manuscritos de autores indios, últimamente descubiertos

Names

  • Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo, 1702-1751
  • Irala, Matías de, -1753
  • Philip V, King of Spain, 1683-1746, associated name
  • Ferdinand VI, King of Spain, 1713-1759, former owner
  • Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)

Created / Published

  • Madrid : Imprenta de Juan de Zuñiga, 1746.

Headings

  • -  Indians of Mexico--Antiquities
  • -  Indians of Mexico--Early works to 1800
  • -  Mexico--History--Early works to 1800

Notes

  • -  Head and tail pieces. Initials.
  • -  Engraved portrait of Boturini by Fray Mathias de Irala.
  • -  Includes: Catálogo del Museo Histórico Indiano del caballero Lorenzo Boturini Benaduci, señor de la Torre, y de Hono; 96 p. at end.
  • -  LC copy: bound in mottled calf, with the gilt superexlibris of Philip V of Spain, used by his son, Ferdinand VI of Spain. Another copy with the Philip V arms was sold in 1951 (cf. Parke-Bernet, Collection of Jose M. Rodriguez, lot 43).
  • -  Kislak accession no.: 1996.029.00.0001
  • -  LAC ael 2019-06-13 no edits (1 card)

Medium

  • 20 p. l., 167 p. 1 l., [6], 96 p. : front., port. ; 21 cm.

Call Number/Physical Location

  • F1219 .B75
  • F1219 .B75 Copy 2 LC bookplate for the Force Collection, acq. 1867. Notes dated 1930 to V. Valta Parma tipped in, one from E. E. Valentini (son of archaeologist Philipp J. J. Valentini) of the Army War College, noting that the Catálogo is annotated with which items entered the collection of J. M. A. Aubin.
  • F1219 .B75 Copy 3 Bound in vellum; ms. notes and ownership stamps of the War Department Library. Frontispiece used as front pastedown.
  • F1219 .B75 Copy 4 Provenance: Gift, Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Dealer description laid in. T.p. has inscription of L. Avila; blue ink stamp of H. V. Jackson.

Digital Id

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 02007337

Online Format

  • pdf
  • image

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Chicago citation style:

Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo, Matías De Irala, King Of Spain Philip V, King Of Spain Ferdinand Vi, and Jay I. Kislak Collection. Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional: fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, símbolos, caractéres, y geroglíficos, cantares, y manuscritos de autores indios, últimamente descubiertos. Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de Zuñiga, 1746. Pdf. https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02007337/.

APA citation style:

Boturini Benaducci, L., Irala, M. D., Philip V, K. O. S., Ferdinand Vi, K. O. S. & Jay I. Kislak Collection. (1746) Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional: fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, símbolos, caractéres, y geroglíficos, cantares, y manuscritos de autores indios, últimamente descubiertos. Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de Zuñiga. [Pdf] Retrieved from the Library of Congress, https://aj.sunback.homes/item/02007337/.

MLA citation style:

Boturini Benaducci, Lorenzo, et al. Idea de una nueva historia general de la América Septentrional: fundada sobre material copioso de figuras, símbolos, caractéres, y geroglíficos, cantares, y manuscritos de autores indios, últimamente descubiertos. Madrid: Imprenta de Juan de Zuñiga, 1746. Pdf. Retrieved from the Library of Congress, <aj.sunback.homes/item/02007337/>.