Moctezuma: Aztec ruler / edited by Colin McEwan and Leonardo López Luján

London: British Museum, 2009. 1st edition. Softcover. Fine copy in the original stiff-card wrappers. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description: 20 pages: color illustrations, color maps, color plans; 30 cm. Notes: ""In collaboration with Consejo Nacional para la Cultura y las Artes, Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia."" Published to accompany the exhibition at the British Museum from 24 September 2009 to 24 January 2010. Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents: Introduction / Colin McEwan and Leonardo López Lújan -- Family histories: the ancestors of Moctezuma II / Felipe Solís Olguín -- The coronation of Moctezuma II / Eduardo Matos Moctezuma -- Images of Moctezuma and his symbols of power / Guilhem Olivier and Leonardo López Lújan -- Moctezuma and the renewal of nature / Richard F. Townsend -- Moctezuma's military and economic rule / Frances F. Berdan -- The overthrow of Moctezuma and his empire / John H. Elliott -- The rebirth of ancient Mexico / David A. Brading -- Rethinking Moctezuma / Salvador Rueda Smithers -- In search of Mexica kings: current excavations in Tenochtitlan / Leonardo López Lújan and Ximena Chávez Balderas. Subjects: Montezuma II, Emperor of Mexico approximately 1480-1520; Exhibitions. Aztecs Kings and rulers; Biography. Aztecs History; Exhibitions. Art objects Mexico.Aztecs Kings and rulers; Biography.Genre: Bibliography. Catalogue. Exhibition catalogues. Illustrated.