Search Results: yucatan before and after the conquest by friar de landa

Mexico, 1986. Unknown Binding. Acceptable. Readable copy. Pages may have considerable notes/highlighting. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Dover Publications, 2012. Paperback. Very good. Softcover, minor wear, covers laminated in a contact paper covering, solid binding and bright pages, a very nice copy!

Mexico: Procuiion Editorial Dante, 1986-01-01. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. No creases in spine, no slant, a few numbers written on first page unmarked otherwise, clean, Very Good Minus condition overall.

New York: Dover, 1978. Paperback. Very Good+. Landa did all he could to wipe out Maya culture and civilization." Translated with notes by William Gates. 162 pages, black line on bottom page ege.; 5 1/ 2 x 8 1/4

Dover, 1978. Fine. De Landa, Friar Diego. Yucatan: Before and After the Conquest. NY: Dover, 1978. 162pp. Illustrated. 8vo. Paperback. Book condition: Near fine with slightly rubbed edges. Former owner's name on first blank page.

CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform, 2011-06-25. Paperback. Good.

New York, NY: Dover, 1978. Dover Reprint . Soft cover. Near Fine/None as Issued. Text/BRAND NEW. Soft cover/NF w/faint creasing to lower front corner. English translation of the 1566 manuscript, Relacion de las Cosas de Yucan. First published 1937 with hand tinted illustrations; this is a Dover reprint. Memoir of Diego de Landa and Auto de fe of July 1562 at Mani, where, besides some 5000 "idols", he burned 27 Mayan hieroglyphic rolls "as works of the devil" in his effort to facilitate Christianization of the natives. The record he left, ironically, is the resevoir of our understanding of the ancient ways of Yucatan..

New York: Dover, 1978. Softcover. Very Good. Very good in wrappers. Reissue. Front panel in bent outward. Back panel is lightly soiled. Please Note: This book has been transferred to Between the Covers from another database and might not be described to our usual standards. Please inquire for more detailed condition information.

UsedLikeNew. Text block, wraps and binding are in like new condition, without markings of any kind. Well packaged and promptly shipped from California. Partnered with Friends of the Library since 2010.

Ediciones Alducin, 1994. Paperback. Very Good. May have limited writing in cover pages. Pages are unmarked. ~ ThriftBooks: Read More, Spend Less.Dust jacket quality is not guaranteed.

Baltimore, MD: Maya Society, 1937. Second Edition - Library Edition . Hardcover. Very Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 162pp.; HB dk.blue w/maroon&gilt; rubbed w/some scuff; wear on edges&corners; clean,tight pgs. History and description originally pub. circa 1500s. illus.

Baltimore: The Maya Society, 1937. Second Edition. Hardcover. Very good. Friar Diego De Landa. A very good - second edition [HAND D83], with solid, sturdy binding and cover. Original blue cloth boards with gilt stamping and Maya Society crest in gilt. The blue cloth is showing heavy spotting on the spine and front cover, and the top front corner is bumped. Pages toned, top edge darkened. Former owner's bookplate. Laid in with a staplebound pamphlet for "Publications in the Field of Archaeology, Anthropology, etc. issued by the Carnegie Institute of Washington... May 1937." Heavily illustrated, includes maps and related documents. 142 pp. Octavo, 6 x 10 inches tall. An important primary source, scarce in this edition "Modern scholars regard Landa with a mixture of frustration and admiration. At the same time he wrote his comprehensive work on Mayan culture, his orders to destroy all icons and hieroglyphics obliterated the Mayan language ..., helping to undermine and destroy the… Read More

Baltimore: The Maya Society. 1937. 2nd ed. Near Fine+, lovely copy of this scarce item .