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ICAZA, Isidro and Isidro CONDRA. Coleccion de las antiguedades Mexicanas que ecsisten en el Museo Nacional. Mexico City: [El Museo?], 1827.
First edition of an exceptionally rare and handsome Mexican plate book. The artist, Jean Frédéric Waldeck (1766?-1875), was a German or French antiquarian and explorer who occasionally styled himself a nobleman. He was hired to prepare lithographs for del Río’s work on Palenque but did not travel to Mexico himself until 1825. The present seems to be his first work in Latin America; he went on to publish extensively on Mayan and Aztec antiquities. While Waldeck’s scholarship is suspect (he is also famous for publishing the pornographic “I Modi” engravings from a set with fictitious provenance), the beauty of his work is clear. We trace no copies in the auction records. Sabin 34151/15196.
Folio (503 x 348mm). Lithographed title, 4 pages letterpress text, 8 lithographed plates by Waldeck printed by Pedro Robert (being fascicles 1-2 only of presumed 3 with 4 plates each; mild foxing and toning, marginal tear to pl.6.) Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered green morocco label to upper cover (spine and edges chipped and worn, rubbing to covers).
First edition of an exceptionally rare and handsome Mexican plate book. The artist, Jean Frédéric Waldeck (1766?-1875), was a German or French antiquarian and explorer who occasionally styled himself a nobleman. He was hired to prepare lithographs for del Río’s work on Palenque but did not travel to Mexico himself until 1825. The present seems to be his first work in Latin America; he went on to publish extensively on Mayan and Aztec antiquities. While Waldeck’s scholarship is suspect (he is also famous for publishing the pornographic “I Modi” engravings from a set with fictitious provenance), the beauty of his work is clear. We trace no copies in the auction records. Sabin 34151/15196.
Folio (503 x 348mm). Lithographed title, 4 pages letterpress text, 8 lithographed plates by Waldeck printed by Pedro Robert (being fascicles 1-2 only of presumed 3 with 4 plates each; mild foxing and toning, marginal tear to pl.6.) Contemporary sheep-backed marbled boards, gilt-lettered green morocco label to upper cover (spine and edges chipped and worn, rubbing to covers).