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Materia: Libro del siglo XX. Facsímil. Cristóbal Colón Publicación: Madrid, V Centenario y Testimonio Compañía Editorial, 1991. Tirada limitada de 980 ejemplares numerados ante notario. Ejemplar numero 195. Descripción física: Facsímil: Cuarto mayor (28 cm.) 110 folios, 1 hoja. Encuadernación plena piel con gofrados en seco y adornos metálicos dorados en tapas. Estudio: Cuarto (24 cm.) 243 páginas. Rústica. Con estuche y caja para conservación de la obra. Notas: Traducción de Antonio Ramirez de Verger, profesor de la Universidad de Sevilla. Original conservado en la biblioteca Colombina de Sevilla. Esta descripción de Asia se basa íntegramente en el ejemplar de la Biblioteca Colombina de Sevilla anotada por Cristóbal Colón. Estado de conservación: Perfecto. R1

16 facsimile hand written pages with diagrams and three fold out diagrams of Palenque. Folio (12 1/2" x 8 1/2") bound in velum with black label and gilt lettering to cover. Testimonio's Tabula Americae. Limited to 980 copies of which this is 169. Spanish artillery Captain Antonio del Río's (ca. 1745-ca. 1789) discovery of tangible evidence of an amazingly rich Maya past and this printed report were the beginning of the study of this truly lost civilization. In May 1786 upon the order of the Spanish Crown, Governor and Brigadier General of the Royal Audencia of Guatemala, Don José Estachería sent Río to Chiapas to investigate rumors of an ancient city near Santo Domingo del Palenque and determine the origin of its inhabitants. Rio was preceded by other visitors to Palenque, the most recent being two brief forays by José Antonio Calderón, a local official, and Spanish architect Antonio Bernasconi, whose sparse observations prompted the order for the full-scale investigation by Río. The Spanish captain made up for his lack of antiquarian training with his zeal, hiring seventy-nine Maya locals to assault with crowbars and axes the abandoned, tree-engulfed, seventh-century city of Palenque. In his report Río describes and comments on the hieroglyphs he saw. Río sent his manuscript report to Guatemalan Governor José Estachería, and it was preserved in Madrid. Almendáriz's original drawings were recently found in a private European collection and published: Estampas de Palenque (not included here), Madrid: Testimonio, 1993. After the end of the Napoleonic Wars, the author's manuscript and Waldeck's drawings re-emerged in a still mysterious manner to be published in England. Publisher Henry Berthoud bought the manuscript from a mysterious Dr. McQuy (McQueen?) in Jamaica at the end of April 1822. Capitalizing on public interest in American indigenous cultures as well as in Romantic ruins, Berthoud published Rio's work in hopes of a popular bestseller, which might otherwise have been lost.Condition:A Fine copy.

Two volumes. 77 pages; 21 facsimile documents. Folio (12 1/4" x 8 3/4") bound in quarter black cloth with gilt lettering over grey boards with black label in gilt to covers in slipcase. Introduction, transcription and notes by Consuelo Varela. Limited to 1000 copies of which this is number 551.These 21 Columbian documents belonging to the house of Alba undoubtedly constitute the best and most varied collection of Columbian originals in any one archive: the documents range from letters with petitions to simple receipts. The earliest of them dates from 1493, the latest is a letter written in February 1505, fifteen months before Columbus' death, to his son Diego. Limited edition, in special display case. (Winner of Ministero de Cultura Prize for best publication, 1987).Condition:Slipcase lightly soiled with some slight edge wear else a near fine set.

Madrid: Testimonio Compañía Editorial, 2007. Hardcover — Tapa dura. 160x100mm. (6¼x4").. Bogotá, Sol y Luna, 2007. En 12º (160 x 100)mm. (58) h., 158 pp. En piel con carpeta.

Testimonio Compania Editorial, 1991-01-01. Unknown Binding. Good.

Testimonio Compañia Editorial, Madrid, 1991. Presentation copy, SIGNED by Guadalupe.. Paperback. Very Good. 8vo, paperback. Vg+ condition. Contents bright, crisp & clean, appears unread; covers glossy. 160 p., illus. (some color). In Spanish.