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Closed on Tuesdays
1151 Oxford Road
San Marino, CA 91108

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Author's name, Ioa de Gaona, mentioned in license on t.p. verso. Text entirely in Nahuatl, Prologo in Spanish, short laudatory poems by Frater Antonius in Latin. Colophon: A honra, y gloria de n[uest]ro senor Iesu Christo, y d[e] su be[n]dita madre: acabaro[n]se de imprimir estos Colloq[ui]os, co[n] lice[n]cia y priuilegio; en Mexico, en casa d[e] Pedro Ocharte, a .xviij de Octubre, de .M.D.Lxxxij. años. Title vignette, portrait of St. Francis. "Con licencia, y priuilegio." Foliation errors: leaves 13 and 15 wrongly numbered 12 and 14, respectively. Signatures: a-b⁸ A-P⁸.
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Political broadside for Alfonso Cravioto, who was running for Mexico's Constitutional Congress in 1917. Alfonso Cravioto Mejorda (1884-1955) was a Mexican poet, politician and diplomat. He participated in the anti-reelection movement against the election of Porfirio Diaz. Upon the triumph of the Madero movement, he became a federal deputy in the 25th legislature (1911-13) and was a member in the Constitutional Congress of Mexico (1917). The broadside stresses the importance of voting ("Arrojemos, pues, lejos de sí los resots de nuestra oproviosa indiferencia para los asuntos políticos; entremos franca y resueltamente a la nueva vida y llevemos al Congreso nuestros representantes; pero llevemos ciudadanos de nuestro seno, llevemos hombres conscientes de su papel, hombres honrados, hombres que conozcan, que comprendan tus necesidades, tus aspiraciones y tus dolors; no trafficantes de la cosa publica") and clearly states Cravioto as their primary candidate for "Distrito Electoral de Pachuca y Real de Monte" with Lauro Alburquerque as an alternate candidate.
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This is a letter from Viceroy Flores to his predecessor, Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta certifying the three copies of the same royal order that preceede this manuscript letter regarding the Convent of Capuchin Nuns in Mexico City. The letter grants Archibishop Alonso Núñez de Haro y Peralta the permission which he had formerly requested.
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Colophon on the recto of leaf Q7: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro Senor, y de la gloriosa virgen sancta Maria su bendita madre, se acabo de Imprimir este Arte Zapoteca, a ocho dias del mes de Agosto. En Mexico, en casa de Pedro Balli Ano de 1578. Woodcut coat of arms "escudo dominicano" on t.p.; woodcut ill. of "Nuestra Senora del Rosario" on the leaf of plates. Includes Zapotec grammar, instructions on arithmetic, the calendar, and "Cosas notables." Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-P⁸ Q⁸(Q8 blank?). Errata on leaf [1] at end.
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Also known as the "Romero Report", this publication articulates the anti-Chinese sentiment in Mexico in the early 20th century. Romero's report concludes that Chinese immigrants, unlike their European counterparts, do not benefit the overall Mexican economy and are unable to properly assimilate. The publication of this report closely followed the Torreón Massacre (13-15 May 1911) in which over 300 Chinese men, women and children were brutally murdered and their homes and businesses burned. Romero cites this event as further evidence that Chinese populations in Mexico pose a threat to national stability.
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Text in Nahuatl and Spanish in parallel columns, set in roman and italic type respectively. Colophon: A gloria y honra de Dios nuestro señor y dela siempre virgen Sancta Maria su madre y señora nuestra, fenesce la Doctrina Christiana muy digna de ser sabida que compuso en lengua Mexicana y Castellana el muy reuerendo Padre Fray Iuan de la Anunciacion sub prior de Sant Augustin destra ciudad. En Mexico en casa de Pedro Balli. 1575. Woodcut ill. of St. Augustine on t.p. and repeated full page illustration of the saint with his congregation on the verso of leaf S3. Full page woodcut coat of arms of the dedicatee, don Martin Enriquez, on t.p. verso. Numerous errors in pagination. Signatures: [cross]⁶ A-S⁸ T². Leaf K2 missigned as A2. Final p. blank. Errata on p. [2]-[3] at end.
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