Testamento del Pensador Mexicano

Mexico City: Libreria Anticuaria “Mexico en Libros,” G. M. Echaniz, 1963. Hardcover. Like New. LIMITED EDITION of 300 copies printed for Dawson's Book Shop. Miniature Book. 2 3/8 x 1 3/4 inches. [ii], (67) pp. Text in Spanish; text clean, unmarked. Full gilt-ruled tan tree calf, red and blue leather spine labels titled in gilt, decorative end-papers; binding square and tight. Glen Dawson's copy without distinguishing marks. RGKK819–002. Fine. Jose Joaquin Fernandez de Lizardi was a Mexican writer and a leading literary figure in Mexico's national liberation movement. El Pensador Mexicano was his radical journal. Fernandez was also known for writing El Periquillo Sarniento, which is reputed to be the first novel written in Latin America. Inspired by the Enlightenment ideals of Voltaire, Rousseau, and Diderot, Fernandez wrote against both the Mexican monarchy and the papacy. REFERENCE: Bradbury, 20th-Century U.S. Miniature Books, No. 1069. (Inventory #: RGKK819-002)