1831-1848 Massive Folios Kingsborough's Antiquities of Mexico RARE, 6 of 9 vol

  
It is hard to capture in 24 photos just how amazing these books are in person. The largest volume weighs 33 lbs, the others are in the 20 lb ++ range. See the below wikipedia article on the incredible background of the author. (16 November 1795 - 27 February 1837) was an. Who sought to prove that the. Indigenous peoples of the Americas.

His principal contribution was in making available facsimiles of ancient documents and some of the earliest explorers' reports on. He was the eldest son of. George King, 3rd Earl of Kingston. Lord Kingsborough, the latter a.

Of Mitchelstown Castle, County Cork. Between 1818 and 1826 as a.

In 1831, Lord Kingsborough published the first volume of. A collection of copies of various. Including the first complete publication of the.

The exorbitant cost of the reproductions, which were often hand-painted, landed him in. These lavish publications represented some of the earliest published documentation of the ancient cultures of. Inspiring further exploration and research by. Charles Étienne Brasseur de Bourbourg. In the early 19th century.

They were the product of early theories about non-indigenous origins for Native American civilisations that are also represented in the. Of Old World ancestry in North America. In 1837, Lord Kingsborough was imprisoned at the Sheriff's Prison in. Because he was unable to pay a small debt owed to a printer.

While in prison following which he was released and died three weeks later on 27 February 1837. Aged 41, less than two years before he would have succeeded to his title and estates, his father having been declared insane in 1830. The last two volumes of. Antiquities of Mexico were published posthumously. It is said that he spent up to 40,000 British Pounds (3-4 million USD today) and 18 years to produce the 9 volume set.