A Commentary on the Dresden Codex: A Maya Hieroglyphic Book

Philadelphia: American Philosophical Society, 1972. Oblong octavo (28cm x 39cm); brown cloth-covered boards, with titling stamped in gilt on spine and front cover; dustjacket; [xii],[2],3-156,[4]pp; colorful illustrations. Memoirs of the American Philosophical Society, held at Philadelphia for promoting useful knowledge, Volume 93. This copy is from the library of noted poet, translator, and anthropologist Nathaniel Tarn (1928-2024), with his pictorial bookplate to front pastedown. Soil to front cover; Very Good. Dustwrapper, unclipped (priced $25.00), with light shelf-wear and -soil; Very Good+. Text focuses on commentary around Maya writing and books, and the appearance and history of the Codex Dresden, with concluding hieroglyphic glossary and index. [87900].