Eslabones del mundo andino

Es indispensable informar a las nuevas generaciones de América y al público de otras latitudes, interesado en el conocimiento de la Historia de Preamérica, que en nuestros centros educativos a nivel mundial se ha menospreciado el estudio de la Historia de los tipos de libros y los sistemas de escritura preamericanos centrándose, contados investigadores en indagar acerca de los libros centroamericanos, es decir que han acaparado únicamente el tema de los libros mayas y aztecas y de sus sistemas de escritura, cuyos símbolos en infinidad de casos se han interpretados de forma antojadiza;...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important, and is part of the knowledge base of civilization as we know it. This work was reproduced from the original artifact, and remains as true to the original work as possible. Therefore, you will see the original copyright references, library stamps (as most of these works have been housed in our most important libraries around the world), and other notations in the work. This work is in the public domain in the United States of America, and possibly other nations. Within the United States, you may freely copy and distribute...

Este libro investiga la historia de la pasión por coleccionar desde el Renacimiento hasta nuestros días. Todo objeto de colección, ya sea una caja de cerillas o la uña de un mártir, tiene un significado que trasciende al objeto mismo; es un tótem. Y el afán incesante por poseerlo convierte al coleccionista en un antropólogo cultural. Philipp Blom destila los temas que subyacen a esta pasión aparentemente tan inasible: conquista y posesión, caos y memoria, un vacío que colmar y la conciencia de la propia mortalidad. «Una crónica sobre la rareza de la mente humana, y la maravilla...