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Muteczuma / Rex ultimus Mexicanorum

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Image ID

423929


Item data

Title

Muteczuma / Rex ultimus Mexicanorum

Collection

Emmet Collection of Manuscripts Etc. Relating to American History
The pictorial field-book of the Revolution
Volume 1 (Introduction)

Date / Origin

Date Issued: 1671 (Approximate)

Library Location

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection
Shelf locator: MEZP

Subjects

Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico, approximately 1480-1520
Emperors -- Mexico

Genres

Prints

Notes

Citation/Reference: EM4254
Content: Print from two possible sources. This image first appeared in Arnoldus Montanus's 'Die nieuwe en onbekende weereld....(New and Unknown World)', Amsterdam: Jacob Meurs, 1671. This volume was translated and publised in England by John Ogilby the same year as 'America, Being and Accurate Description of the New World.

Physical Description

Engravings
Extent: Image: 10 3/8 × 6 7/8 in. (26.3 × 17.4 cm) Mat / Mount: 11 × 7 5/16 in. (27.9 × 18.6 cm) (blue mount) Mat / Mount: 15 3/16 × 10 13/16 in. (38.6 × 27.5 cm) (tan mount)
Trimmed, strip of engraved vertical lines added at the bottom, mounted on blue paper

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16513368
RLIN/OCLC: NYPG95-F209
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b12349136
TMS ID: 537438
TMS Object Number: Emmet 4254
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 0d3cfac0-c608-012f-3b4b-58d385a7bc34

Rights

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

Date Issued

1671

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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Muteczuma / Rex ultimus Mexicanorum" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1671. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d3cfac0-c608-012f-3b4b-58d385a7bc34

APA format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. (1671). Muteczuma / Rex ultimus Mexicanorum Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d3cfac0-c608-012f-3b4b-58d385a7bc34

Chicago/Turabian Format

The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "Muteczuma / Rex ultimus Mexicanorum" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 17, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/0d3cfac0-c608-012f-3b4b-58d385a7bc34

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