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Hello All,
This is a 1939 translation of the 16th c. manuscript Libellus de 
medicinalibus Indorum herbis that was "discovered" in the Vatican Library 
in the 1930's. Multiple copies of this and an associated article published 
in 1935 by the Smithsonian can be seen offered for sale online at 
www.bookfinder.com, although most appear to have languished there because 
they are overpriced. A couple with somewhat detailed descriptions:

Gates, William The De La Cruz-Badiano Aztec Herbal of 1552. Baltimore: , 
1939 The Maya Society Pub. No.23. XXI/144pp. Numerous illus. of plants and 
the medical use by the Aztecs. Gates has translated the Aztec into English. 
[note from Amanda - this is incorrect, Gates translated the LATIN into 
English]. Contains the full text and all of the plants as contained in the 
original manuscript: Codex Barbarini, Latin 241. Note: The Gates 
translation differs in some degree from "Thre Badianus Manuscript 
translated by Emily Walcott Emmart in 1940. Book # 000193 Price: US$ 250.00 
Homepage of Bob Fein Books, NM, U.S.A.

Author is Emmart, Emily Walcott
Title is The Badianus Manuscript. (Codex Barberini, Latin 241), Vatican 
Library. An Aztec Herbal of 1552. With a foreword by Henry E. Sigerist.

EMMART, Emily Walcott. : Concerning the Badianus Manuscript, an Aztec 
Herbal, 'Codex Barberini, Latin 241' (Vatical Library). ; Washington, D.C., 
Smithsonian Institution, May 18 1935. 8vo. (4) + 14pp. With 4 plates 
(facsimiles of the MS., one in colour). Publisher's printed wrappers. A 
scholarly article on this first American herbal, recently discovered, and 
the 'only one written by the Aztecs themselves'. It was composed in 1552 in 
the 'College of Santa Cruz at Tlaltelolco, Mexico City ... the first 
college erected for Indians', and is attriibuted to Martin de la Cruz whose 
name appears in the dedication; he wrote out the work in Aztec, and it was 
then translated into Latin by Juannes Badianus, also a student at the 
College. Well preserved, inoffenseive stamp on cover. Smithsonian 
Miscellaneous Collections, vol 94, no 2. GBP35.00 View the Hunersdorff Rare 
Books Home Page at www.bibliofind.com


For those who care to, please read my tirade about Amazon.com below.

Amanda
Acanthus Books
http://www.acanthus-books.com



I cringe every time I read an email that says "Look, I found this at 
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At 07:05 AM 5/16/2000 +1000, Meliora wrote:
>Guys,
>
>I haven't been keeping up with my mail, so please forgive me if this has
>already been discussed.
>
>The following just came over the Amazon alert this morning.  Does anyone
>know anything about this?
>
>
>An Aztec Herbal : The Classic Codex of 1552
>by William Gates  (Translator), Martin De LA Cruz
>Publication date: June 2000
>Publisher: Dover Pubns
>Binding:Paperback
>Subjects: Aztecs; Ethnobotany; Materia medica
>
>
>Regards
>Meliora
>
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