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Stockholm: The Ethnological Museum of Sweden, 1948. First Edition, one of 700 copies only. A copy with fine provenance, the Shattuck copy. Profusely illustrated throughout from photographs and facsimiles, and with 13 large folding maps of which 11 show parts of the original map of 1550, and each of these key maps is provided with a diagram showing where the section lies on the large plane. The 12th map depicts the area in 1947. The 13th map, very large and folding is a coloured facsimile of the original 1550 map and is housed in a sleeve at the end of the book. Large 4to, publisher's original buff linen, the spine with two contrasting red and green morocco labels gilt lettered. xv, [1], 220, [2] pp. A very fine copy, near as pristine. FIRST EDITION OF THIS BEAUTIFUL RECREATION OF THE FAMOUS MEXICO CITY MAP OF 1550. THE LARGE FOLDING FACSIMILE MAP IN COLOURS IS ESPECIALLY NOTEWORTHY. And with a fine and extensive essay on the area depicted in the map with photographs showing elements of… Read More