Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva Espana II (Netbook) (Spanish Edition) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bernardino De Sahagun
Publisher: Linkgua S.L.
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Pages: 464
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Dimensions (in): 8.6 x 5.9 x 1.5
ISBN: 8498167620
Dewey Decimal Number: 900
EAN: 9788498167627
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Publication Date: October 1, 2008
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Esta obra monumental requirio treinta anos de arduo trabajo. Se conservan tres versiones de la Historia general de las cosas de la Nueva Espana. Los tres ejemplares acabaron en la Biblioteca del Palacio Real de Madrid, donde todavia se conserva uno. Otra version del texto, compuesta de doce libros es conocida tambien como Codice florentino y se halla en la Biblioteca Medicea Laurenciana de Florencia. Por su metodo de trabajo, basado en la recoleccion en las fuentes de testimonios de los ancianos, el analisis detallado, y la compilacion bilinguee (nahuatl-espanol), y por los resultados que obtuvo al investigar la cultura de los antiguos mexicanos ha sido considerado el primer antropologo de America.
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Good book, bad edition November 7, 2008
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This classic piece of Colonial Latin American Literature is a must if indeed one wants to understand the Aztec way of life in the XVI Century. Sahagun delivers all matters of state, religion, language, nature and history in both volumes of his Historia General. Though originally written in Nahuatl, the author himself took upon him the arduous task of translating to Spanish and he even wanted to translate to Latin. As a scholar of the Renaissance humanism, Sahagun's Historia General is well organized and he paid attention to all details given by the natives about their culture. As a Franciscan priest, Sahagun believed that his work would serve for the Christianization of the Indians. Two different views, one amazing man.
The edition brought to us by Linkgua includes all twelve books. However, for the price, this edition lacks of too many things. It does not have any type of introduction to the writer or his work. Also, it has many typos along the way. It does not include the Nahuatl version not any of the drawings of the original piece.
Porrua's edition includes a much better edition. Only one book has both volumes with a fantastic introduction by Angel M. Garibay. And the price is even less that just one volume of the Linkgua edition.
Though I highly recommend the book, I don't recommend this expensive edition of it.
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