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DE LANDA (Diego).

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DE LANDA (Diego). Relation of the things of Yucatan. Paris, Les éditions Genet, 1928-1929. 2 vol. in-8, paperback, uncut. Spanish text and French translation opposite. Complete edition annotated by Jean Genet. Brother Diego de Landa (1524-1579) was the first chronicler of the Maya world. His manuscript of 1566 was lost and the first edition, bilingual French-Spanish, was published in 1862 from old, reduced copies of the manuscript.