A collection of drawings attributed to Augustino Aglio, circa 1835-1840, that includes a panorama comprised of seven drawings glued together and nine discrete drawings. The drawings depict his interpretation of the Aztec migration myth as conveyed in the Boturini Codex. The Boturini Codex, also known as "Tira de la Peregrinación" (The Strip Showing the Travels), was painted by an unknown Aztec author between 1530 and 1541, and is named for one of its first European owners, Lorenzo Boturini Bernaducci (1702-1751). The codex depicts the legendary Aztec journey from Aztlán to the Valley of Mexico on a long sheet of amatl (fig bark), which was then accordion-folded into pages. Unlike many Aztec codices, the drawings are outlined with black ink and not colored.
Description:
Rodrigo Rivero Lake's blind stamp on first panel of the panorama, and his ink stamp on verso of last panel.
Album containing 122 engravings by Stukeley, many in proof, assembled by the artist himself. Contents include 85 engravings from Itinerarium Curiosum and 23 from Stonehenge, a Temple Restor’d to the British Druids.
Description:
Plate numbered 106.
Subject (Geographic):
Great Britain --Antiquities --Early works to 1800 and Wiltshire (England) --Antiquities
Subject (Topic):
Megalithic monuments --England --Wiltshire and Stonehenge (England)--Early works to 1800
Portfolio of inkjet prints of photographs by Peter Goin that document nuclear test sites at Nevada Test Site, Nevada, and at Bikini Atoll and Enewetak Atoll in the Marshall Islands, as well as the radioactive waste repository at Hanford Site, Washington, circa 1986-1988. Printed by Scott C. Hinton in 2011. The portfolio includes a title card printed by Robert E. Blesse of the Black Rock Press. Most of the images appeared in Peter Goin, Nuclear Landscapes (Baltimore: Johns Hopkins University Press, 1991).
Description:
Peter Goin (born 1951) is an American photographer known for his work within the altered landscape., Scott C. Hinton (born 1974) is an American photographer and printer., Robert E. Blesse (born 1946) is an American special collections librarian and director of the Black Rock Press of the University of Nevada, Reno, Library., Finding aid available., Captions and inscriptions in English., Title from title card., Captions in the printed image., Versos signed and numbered by the photographer., and Copy 3 of limited edition of 3.
Subject (Geographic):
Marshall Islands, Nevada, Washington (State), Bikini Atoll (Marshall Islands), Enewetak Atoll (Marshall Islands), Hanford Site (Wash.), Nevada Test Site (Nev.), New Mexico, Trinity Site (N.M.), and White Sands Missile Range (N.M.)
Subject (Name):
Blesse, Robert E., Goin, Peter, 1951-, Hinton, Scott C., 1974-, and Black Rock Press.
Subject (Topic):
Nuclear weapons, Testing, and Radioactive waste repositories
