Monumentos antiguos existentes en la Republica Mexicana
Contributors: Jay I. Kislak Collection (Library of Congress)
Published: 1824
Language: spa
Number of pages: 82
Subjects: Pictorial works; Antiquities; Description and travel
Notes: Original ink and wash drawings of antiquities and sites in Mexico.  Some drawings are signed by Castañeda, and in the drawings of antiquities, each object is numbered.  LC does not have a key.

Manuscript t.p.

"Dirje estos dibujos á S. M. el Rey de la Gran Bretaña, Escocia é Yrlanda, el Supremo Poder Ejecutivo de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos.  Mexico, 4 de Septiembre de 1824."

Seven of the ill. are on double leaves; 5 have a pink wash added to some part of the ill.

In a leather binding with doublures, framed hand-colored illustrations on p. [2] and [3] of cover, and free end-papers with decorated leather borders and silk inserts.

Provenance: Gift of Jay I. Kislak Foundation.