Nueva Bibliografia Mexicana del Siglo XVI

Book Description

Mexico City: Editorial Polis, 1946 First edition. Limited to 1,000 numbered copies, this being one of the first 250 copies that were bound in white cloth (this copy rebound). Small folio. xxiv, 549pp. 120 facsimile title pages, etc. Printed throughout in red and black. Late 19th century three-quarter black Victorian moiré cloth. A few important corrections in pencil. A very fine copy. The author modestly calls this a supplement to the bibliographies of Joaquin Garcia Icazbalceta, José‚ Toribio Medina and Nicolas Leon. Actually it is the most complete and detailed work on printing in Mexico from 1539 to 1600 ever published. Although originally written in English by Dr. Wagner, it has been published only in Spanish; the translation is by Joaquin Garcia Pimentel and Federico Gomez de Orozco. This monumental work was ten years in preparation. It contains a description of the books printed in Mexico before 1601 and, in most cases, includes a reproduction of the title page, references to other bibliographies, census of copies in public and private hands, and prices and dates of sale..

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