Visual Materials
Biblioteca del niño Mexicano collection
- Description
- 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.
- Production date
- 1899-1901.
- Call number
- priBNM
- Provenance
- Purchased from Stellar Books & Ephemera, August 2023.
- Restrictions
- Open for use by qualified researchers and by appointment. Please contact Reader Services at the Huntington Library for more information.
- Rights
- The Huntington Library does not require that researchers request permission to quote from or publish images of this material, nor does it charge fees for such activities. The responsibility for identifying the copyright holder, if there is one, and obtaining necessary permissions rests with the researcher.
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