Codex Espangliensis: From Columbus to the Border Patrol

Date

1998

Medium

Accordion-folded illustrated book, letterpress printed in black and red from zinc photoengravings on Mexican amatl paper lined with Japanese shintengujo tissue; bound in a portfolio of amatl paper over board

Dimensions

Closed: 23 × 29.1 × 3 cm (9 1/16 × 11 1/2 × 1 3/16 in.); Extended: 23 × 921.5 cm (9 1/16 × 362 13/16 in.)

Department

Ryerson and Burnham Libraries Special Collections

Credit line

Robert G. and Elizabeth M. Knight Endowment Fund