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1844 Mexico. Plates. Conquest. Prescott Mexican Spanish Ed, Cumplido

Description: Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Prescott 1844 Conquest Conquista de Mexico. Mexican Spanish Ed, Cumplido Plates Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Click to Enlarge Description: Historia de la Conquista de México con una ojeada preliminar sobre la antigua civilizacion de los Mexicanos, y con la vida de su conquistador Fernando Cortés escrita en ingles por W. Prescott [William Hickling Prescott] y traducida al Español por Joaquin Navarro Tomo Primero y Tomo Terzo Volume III Title is: Esplicacion de las laminas pertenecientes a la Historia Antigua de Mexico y a la de la Conquista, quien se han agregado a la traduccion Mexicana de la de W.H. Prescott Volume I: Mexico: Impreso por Ignacio Cumplido, Editor de esta Obra, 1844; Volume III: publicada por Ignacio Cumplido. Mexico: Imprenta Lito. y Typo. del Editor, 1846. Octavos (22.7 x 14 cm), original full Mexican sheep, spines gilt-lettered and decorated, gilt bordered covers . Vol. I: chromolithograph title page; title page,[1b],iii-viii, [1] 2-563 [1, blank], [4] pp. Vol. III: chromolithograph title page [i] ii-iv, [1] 2-154 pp., 71 plates (1 colored, 4 folded, 1 folded map). Two volumes of the 3 volume edition (lacking volume II). Total: 2 gilt chromolithographed title pages; 73 lithograph plates (1 in full color, remainder uncolored, 4 folded), including scenes from the Conquest, portraits, codices, archaeology, most signed by Cumplido;; including folded lithograph map with routes colored (Mapa del Valle de Mexico en tiempo de la Conquista, y Operaciones Militares en el sitio que sufrió la Capital en 1521, (Imprenta Litog. de Cumplido). A very desirable and scarce edition. The best and perhaps the earliest Mexican edition of this work (one year after the original edition in English), with the scholarly notes of José Fernando Ramírez, and the added volume of explanatory text on the high-quality plates by Cumplido. (Another edition of Prescott, in a translation by José María González de la Vega, also appeared in 1844; it did not include the notes by Ramirez and a plate volume.) For more information on the work itself, see Grolier American One Hundred, p. 13 & #51: ?Beautifully written in a style which Prescott had labored for years to perfect, and based on the most searching inquiry into original sources, set a new standard for the narrative type of history.? According to Isidro R. Gondra, the editor of the plate volume, this volume was created to counteract the widespread ignorance and misunderstanding of Mexican antiquities. The images are divided thematically into ?Monumentos é historia antigua de México? [24], ?Época de la conquista? [22], and ?Retratos? [23]. The number of plates was so great that only these general instructions were left for the binder: ?No habiendo podido numerarse las láminas de esta obra, los encuernadores podrán colocarlas en el órden que en las anteriores esplicaciones se designa, con solo cotejar con cuidado los letreros llevan al pié? (Vol. III, p. 154). One can only imagine the binder?s surprise when he discovered there were no letters included except for the first few plates. José Fernando Ramírez (1804-1871) was one of the leading politicians, historians, and bibliophiles of nineteenth-century Mexico, holding numerous political offices and writing various historical works. He is best remembered for his huge library in Durango. After the fall of Maximilan, he emigrated to Europe, dying in Germany. His library, which had been left to his heirs, was eventually sold at auction in London and enriched not only Bancroft but also in a more material way Quaritch and Puttick & Simpson. Gondra (1788-1861), the editor of the plate volume, formerly a budding priest and revolutionary, later became interested in Mexican antiquities and was the third director of the Museo Nacional. Prescott?s work remains a cornerstone work for any collection of American literature or Mexicana. There is no more beautiful edition of this classic than the present one, which constitutes a landmark in the history of Mexican lithography. The chromolithograph title pages are especially striking. Ignacio Cumplido (Guadalajara, Nueva Galicia, 1811 - Ciudad de México, México, 30 de noviembre de 1887) fue un escritor, periodista, impresor y político mexicano de ideología liberal. Desde muy joven se trasladó a la Ciudad de México en donde trabajó en el Museo Nacional, sin embargo se interesó por el trabajo de impresión. En 1829 fue director de la imprenta que editaba el Correo de la Federación Mexicana y posteriormente estuvo a cargo de la edición de El Fénix de la Libertad,1 y de El Atleta. En 1838 adquirió un retal de imprenta en Nueva Orleans sin embargo no pudo transportarlo a México por el bloqueo de los puertos. Fue encarcelado en la prisión de la Acordada por haber publicado un folleto de José María Gutiérrez de Estrada. Irónicamente, al ser liberado en 1840, fue nombrado intendente de cárceles, iniciando así su trabajo en la administración pública. En 1841 participó en la edición del periódico El Siglo Diez y Nueve, diversos autores lo consideran el fundador principal, no obstante fueron Mariano Otero y Juan Bautista Morales quienes llevaron a cabo tal empresa. La misión de Cumplido fue la edición del periódico, tal y como se aclaró en la editorial del 33.° aniversario. A principios de la década de 1850 viajó a Europa para comprar maquinaria moderna de imprenta. Aunque de 1871 a 1876, su nombre apareció como editor propietario de El Siglo Diez y Nueve, arrendó la tipografía a Eduardo L. Gallo y posteriormente a Tiburcio Montiel. En 1842 fue electo diputado al Congreso de la Unión y senador en 1844. Paralelamente continuó su trabajo como impresor, fundó un colegio de impresores para jóvenes huérfanos, quienes trabajaban aprendiendo el oficio a cambio de alimento y comida. En 1847, se unió a la filas del batallón de la Guardia Nacional para enfrentar a la intervención estadounidense en México, alcanzó el rango de capitán. Entre otras publicaciones, editó El Mosaico Mexicano, El Museo Mexicano, Miscelánea Pintoresca de Amenidades Curiosas e Instructivas, Álbum Mexicano y El Presente Amistoso para las Señoritas Mexicanas. Murió en la Ciudad de México el 30 de noviembre de 1887. CONDITION: Overall a Very Good (though incomplete) set. (Covers have some shelfwear and rubbing. Spines are faded and rubbed with some superficial flaking. The hinges are firm and the bindings are tight. Discolored margins of pastedowns and endpapers. The Contents are complete, clean and intact with no tears, slight age toning, and very infrequent marginal foxing spots.) Check our other auctions and store listings for additional unusual items. (Click here to view all of our auctions) Shipping and Payment Information inkfrog terapeak

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Language: Spanish

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Author: Prescott

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Topic: Mexico

Subject: History

Year Printed: 1844

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