He soon began producing English versions of Aztec poems, but, until now, these exquisite translations have been collected only in letterpress editions limited to a few hundred copies. With the ...

Of the thousands of books of Aztec poetry, law, rhetoric, medicine, astronomy and history, only one or two works appear to have survived.

Thirty-five years ago, Lesn-Portilla changed the world's understanding of the Aztec mind with this investigation into the philosophical and religious notions underlying Aztec poetry, history and myth.

Of the thousands of books of Aztec poetry, law, rhetoric, medicine, astronomy and history, only one or two works appear to have survived.