LIB/ME/AE/16

LIB/ME/AE/16

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Pagan rites and ceremonies of the Mayaboon Indians in the city of Iximaya in Central America

[1867?]

1 pamphlet

A printed pamphlet titled: 'Memoir of an eventful expedition into central America, resulting in the discovery of the idolatrous city of Iximaya, in an unexplored region; and the possession of two remarkable Aztec children, Maximo (the man) and Bartolo (the woman), descendants and specimens of the sacerdotal caste (now nearly extinct) of the ancient Aztec founders of the ruined temples of that country, described by John L. Stephens, ... and other travellers. Translated from the Spanish of Pedro Velasquez, of San Salvador'. With woodcut illustrations on the front and back of the paper cover, which gives the title as 'Pagan rites and ceremonies of the Mayaboon Indians in the city of Iximaya in Central America'.