Mesoamerican Writing Systems: A Conference at Dumbarton Oaks October 30th and 31st, 1971
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- Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1973
Washington, D.C.: Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection, 1973. First Edition. Octavo (24.5cm); beige cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in red on spine, and decorations stamped in red and gilt on front cover; acetate dustjacket; 226pp; black-and-white illustrations throughout. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. A Near Fine copy. Acetate dustwrapper, lightly tanned, with tiny tears, chips, and creases to extremities; Very Good+.
Collection of essays presented in 1971 at Dumbarton Oaks, including Mary Elizabeth Smith's "The Relationship between Mixtec Manuscript Painting and the Mixtec Language: A Study of Some Personal Names in Codices Muro and Sánchez Solís", Floyd G. Lounsbury's "On the Derivation and Reading of the 'Ben-Ich' Prefix", and George Kubler's "The Clauses of Classic Maya Inscriptions". [87341].
Collection of essays presented in 1971 at Dumbarton Oaks, including Mary Elizabeth Smith's "The Relationship between Mixtec Manuscript Painting and the Mixtec Language: A Study of Some Personal Names in Codices Muro and Sánchez Solís", Floyd G. Lounsbury's "On the Derivation and Reading of the 'Ben-Ich' Prefix", and George Kubler's "The Clauses of Classic Maya Inscriptions". [87341].