Presencia Maya
Mexico: Grupo Banobras, 1978. Limited edition. Hardcover. 1/1250 unnumbered. Oblong 4to. Unpaginated. Original beige illustrated cloth, housed in white paper-covered, illustrated slipcase. Black endpapers. Illustrated title page. A collection of remarkable charcoal drawings of Mayan buildings and statues by the architect Fernando Pereznieto Castro. "These drawings by Pereznieto clearly reveal the mysterious canon which applies on all these buildings sparsely inhabited by the silent and motionless presence of those characters which serving as "gnomon" of the metric scale, give the enigmatic geometry of Mayan architecture that fantastic tone..." (author). Illustrated with 34 full page b/w reproductions of drawings (captioned in Spanish and English) and one colored map. Includes list of drawings and brief bibliography. Slipcase splitting on closed end but still intact, some staining, minor rubbing to slipcase. Slight sunning on spine. Slipcase in good, binding in near fine, interior in fine condition. vg. Item #23177
Price: $75.00