1899 · Paris
by Goupil, M. E. Eugène
Paris: Ém. Paul et Fils et Guillemin, 1899. 8vo. 225 x 140 mm., [9 x 5 ½ inches]. xviii, 114 pp. Original printed wrappers; text block separated from spine at a few signatures. With a protective cellophane wrapper.
Famous collection of Mexican manuscripts formed by the French antiquarian Eugène Boban, who in 1889 sold it enbloc to Eugène Goupil. It contains full descriptions written by Boban of 161 manuscripts and a complete collection of Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico. The text of catalogue is a veritable reference book in its details and offers important insights into collecting Mesoamerican manuscripts. Goupil (1831-1895) was born in Mexico, a member of the Franco-Mexican community in Paris and a philanthropist whose wife donated a large collection of manuscripts and artifacts to the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, in his name after his death. . (Inventory #: 1182)
Famous collection of Mexican manuscripts formed by the French antiquarian Eugène Boban, who in 1889 sold it enbloc to Eugène Goupil. It contains full descriptions written by Boban of 161 manuscripts and a complete collection of Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico. The text of catalogue is a veritable reference book in its details and offers important insights into collecting Mesoamerican manuscripts. Goupil (1831-1895) was born in Mexico, a member of the Franco-Mexican community in Paris and a philanthropist whose wife donated a large collection of manuscripts and artifacts to the Bibliotheque Nationale de France, in his name after his death. . (Inventory #: 1182)