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1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
Daily: 10 A.M.–5 P.M.
Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108
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Rare Books
624711
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Visual Materials
A collection of twelve staple-bound booklets published from 1899 to 1901 by Maucci Hermanos in Barcelona, Spain, for distribution in Mexico. The booklets are retellings of Mexican historic events written by Heriberto Frías. Each booklet includes a color lithographed cover by José Guadalupe Posada with three black-and-white lithographs in the interior. Images illustrate scenes from medieval and colonial battles, conquests, and events in indigenous history. This collection includes twelve of the 110 total booklets printed in the Biblioteca del niño Mexicano series. Titles include: La Infamia del Rey Tzintzicha ó la Entrega de Michoacan; El Sitio de Tenochtitlán ó el último día de un Imperio; Los Crímenes y Las Epopeyas de México Colonial; El Ilanto de Hernán Cortés ó el Arbol de la Derrota; El Temaxcall de Netzahualcoyotl en la Noche Ante Hernan; La Conspiración del Marqués del Valle; El Año Fatal o los Desastres de la Patria; Las Infamias de la Ambición ó la Cruz de la Aurora; Los Crimenes de la Ambición ó el Anatema de la Víctima; La Piedra Contra el Emperador ó la Sublimidad de un Héroe; Fray Bartolomé de las Casas ó la Protección de los Indios; and La Voz del Heroismo y el Desengaño de la Ambición.
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Visual Materials
A collection of twelve staple-bound booklets published from 1899 to 1901 by Maucci Hermanos in Barcelona, Spain, for distribution in Mexico. The booklets are retellings of Mexican historic events written by Heriberto Frías. Each booklet includes a color lithographed cover by José Guadalupe Posada with three black-and-white lithographs in the interior. Images illustrate scenes from medieval and colonial battles, conquests, and events in indigenous history. This collection includes twelve of the 110 total booklets printed in the Biblioteca del niño Mexicano series. Titles include: La Infamia del Rey Tzintzicha ó la Entrega de Michoacan; El Sitio de Tenochtitlán ó el último día de un Imperio; Los Crímenes y Las Epopeyas de México Colonial; El Ilanto de Hernán Cortés ó el Arbol de la Derrota; El Temaxcall de Netzahualcoyotl en la Noche Ante Hernan; La Conspiración del Marqués del Valle; El Año Fatal o los Desastres de la Patria; Las Infamias de la Ambición ó la Cruz de la Aurora; Los Crimenes de la Ambición ó el Anatema de la Víctima; La Piedra Contra el Emperador ó la Sublimidad de un Héroe; Fray Bartolomé de las Casas ó la Protección de los Indios; and La Voz del Heroismo y el Desengaño de la Ambición.
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Rare Books
139766
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Manuscripts
Boxes 1-17 consist mainly of correspondence, documents, and manuscripts to and from José Matías Moreno. Some subjects include the history of his Rancho Guadalupe in northern Baja California; politics in Baja California and American economic and political influence there; filibustering; ranchos and land sales; commerce and shipping along the California coast; mining; and the social and domestic history of the Californios. Boxes 23-26 consist of additional oversize correspondence, documents, and manuscripts at the end of the collection. Note: At the end of Box 15, there are facsimiles, translations, and a group of loose notes and fragments. The notes and fragments appear to be a working translation. These folders do not have an HLG call number.
HLG 1018