Product Description: Astronomisch-nautische Ephemeriden (1891) by Ferdinand Anton. This book is a reproduction of the original book published in 1889 and may have some imperfections such as marks or hand-written notes.

Product Description: This scarce antiquarian book is a facsimile reprint of the original. Due to its age, it may contain imperfections such as marks, notations, marginalia and flawed pages. Because we believe this work is culturally important, we have made it available as part of our commitment for protecting, preserving, and promoting the world's literature in affordable, high quality, modern editions that are true to the original work...read more

Provides information about the Aztec way of life from around 1300 AD, and details their rich artistic nature with descriptions of artwork, clothing, and pottery.

Product Description: 302 illustrations, 112 in color. More ancient textiles have been found in Peru than anywhere else in the world. The fabrics survived because of their lavish use in Indian burial: as much yarn was used for the wrappings of a single mummy as for the clothing of several hundred living people...read more

Describes the complex creativity and inventiveness of the art of nonWestern, non-Oriental civilizations