03216cam a22005532 4500 6789222 20250608002033.1 820318s1792 mx f 000 0 spa 6789222 7 cbc premver u ncip 19 y-gencatlg he18 2022-01-26 TW situational LCAP batch update 2025-06-02-04:00: LCAPM-644 02007344 (DLC) 02007344 DLC eng CarP DLC F1219 .L56 F1219 .L56 Copy 2 Provenance: Gift of the Jay I. Kislak Foundation. Includes 3 folded manuscript watercolor drawings of antiquities after illustrations in Clavigero. León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802. Descripción histórica y cronológica de las dos piedras que con ocasión del nuevo empedrado que se está formando en la plaza principal de México, se hallaron en ella el año de 1790. Explícase el sistema de los calendarios de los Indios ... Noticia ... á que se añaden otras curiosas ... sobre la mitología de los Mexicanos, sobre su astronimía, y sobre los ritos y ceremonias ... en tiempo de su gentilidad ... Por Don Antonio de Leon y Gama. México, Impr. de Don F. de Zúñiga y Ontiveros, 1792. 3 p.l., 116, [2] p. fold. pl. 19 cm. text txt rdacontent unmediated n rdamedia volume nc rdacarrier Medina, J.T. México, 8204 Palau y Dulcet, 135587 The astronomer Antonio León y Gama is sometimes considered the first Mexican archaeologist. His description of the discovery of the "two stones" -- the Coatlicue and Sun Stone (a massive sacrificial stone and calendar) -- emphasized the sophistication and high scientific and artistic achievements of the Aztecs in a way that both responded to and further quickened the stirring of Mexican nationalism in the late 18th century. This work by León y Gama, published in Mexico City some two years after the discovery of the stones, includes three folded manuscript watercolor drawings of the antiquities. World Digital Library. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Coatlicue (Statue) Aztec calendar Early works to 1800. Aztecs Antiquities. Indians of Mexico Antiquities. Mexico Antiquities. Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) DLC Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA dcu Kislak Collection copy, page view rbc0001 2006kislak2 http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.07344.1 Kislak accession no. 1994.014.00.0001 LAC ael 2019-06-13 update (1 card) LAC rwp 2019-06-19 review rsl 2019-06-13 pmpull scd rbc/digital/kislak rbc/kislak rbc/kislakdgt rbc/pre1801 rbc/scd rblacfederal 20190613 wdl c-RareBook F1219 .L56 Copy 1 Pre-1801 Coll PREM