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 León y Gama, Antonio de, 1735-1802 Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress) text text mx monographic México Impr. de Don F. de Zúñiga y Ontiveros 1792 spa

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3 p.l., 116, [2] p. fold. pl. 19 cm. 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. Por Don Antonio de Leon y Gama. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. Aztec calendar Early works to 1800 Aztecs Antiquities Indians of Mexico Antiquities Mexico Antiquities F1219 .L56 Library of Congress Rare Book and Special Collections Division Washington, D.C. 20540 USA http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/kislak.07344.1 8204 135587 02007344 hdl:loc.rbc/kislak.07344.1 DLC 820318 20250608002033.1 6789222 Converted from MARCXML to MODS version 3.8 using MARC21slim2MODS3-8_XSLT1-0.xsl (Revision 1.172 20230208) eng