Vocabulario de lengua tzeldal segun el orden de Copanabastla (Fuentes para el estudio de la cultura maya) (Spanish Edition) Tapa dura - 1986

Mexico: Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico, 1983. 1st Edition . Soft cover. Very Good/Good. 4to, 172 pp., facsimiles. Head and heel of spine and corners bumped, wrappers edgeworn, page edges tanned and soiled, tiny bit of insect damage at fore-edges of first two leaves, first leaf creased. Jacket shelfworn, bumped at head and heel of spine and folds. In Spanish. [deV]

Carta-Relacion de Diego Garci de Palacio a Felipe II sobre la Provincia de Guatemala 8 de Marzo de 1576 68 pages with facsimile, map and fold out table. Relacion y Forma que el Licenciado Palacio Oidor de la Real Audiencia de Guatemala, hizo para los que Hubieren de Vistar, Contar, Tasar y Repartir en las Provincias de este Distrito [69]-172 pages with facsimile, appendices, bibliography and index. Quarto (11" x 8 1/2") bound in original wrappers. Preliminary, appendices, map and index by Carmen Leon Cazares, Martha Ilia Najera C and Tolita Figueroa. Paleography by Carmen Leon Cazares, Limited to 3000 copies. First edition.Diego García de Palacio was born into a family of sailors and completed studies. He specialized in the areas of China and the Philippines (papers touching on the islands of the West); it is not known why he changed his occupation to the letters and law, but without abandoning its previous interest. He served on the Council of the Indies and in 1572 was appointed… Leer más

NEW ~ Two sixteenth-century documents by Diego Garcia de Palacio, Spanish Crown judge of the Audiencia in Guatemala, published in facsimilar with transcriptions. The first, a 1576 letter to Felipe II, covers themes such as geography, economy, social-political organization, war, and religion; the second records the detailed instructions that Garcia de Palacio developed for future Spanish colonial administrators. With an introduction, linguistic chart, glossaries, index, and maps prepared by Maria del Carmen Leon Cazares, Martha Ilia Najera C, and Tolita Figueroa. Paleography by Ma. Del Carmen Leon Cazares. Bibliography. 172pp. Edition of 3000. Purchased from UNAM in the 1980s. Book and dust jacket in excellent condition.