TWO VOLUMES of "LA IMPRENTA EN MÉXICO 1553-1820". The 1947 First Edition, and the 1952 revised and greatly enlarged Second Edition.

(1) LA IMPRENTA EN MÉXICO (1553-1820) : 100 Adiciones a la Obra de José Toribio Medina, por Francisco González de Cossio.

[Printing in Mexico (1553-1820): 100 Additions to the Work of José Toribio Medina, by Francisco Gonzalez de Cossio.]

Hardcovers, red cloth covered boards, 9x13 inches, 205 pages. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles of early printed title pages and other printed items.

MÉXICO: Antigua Libreria Robredo, de Jose Porrua e Hijos. Esquina Guatemala and Argentina. (Old Robredo Bookstore, owned by Jose Porrua and Sons. Corner of Guatemala and Argentina streets.) 1947. FIRST EDITION, LIMITED TO ONLY 500 NUMBERED COPIES, this being copy number 130.

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(2) LA IMPRENTA EN MÉXICO (1553-1820) : 510 Adiciones a la Obra de José Toribio Medina en Homenaje al Primer Centenario de Su Nacimiento, por Francisco González de Cossio.

[Printing in Mexico (1553-1820): 510 Additions to the Work of José Toribio Medina in Homage to the First Centenary of His Birth.]

MÉXICO: Universidad Nacional de México, 1952. Second edition, revised and greatly expanded. LIMITED to only 1000 copies, as stated on the copyright page (the last page).

Hardcovers, red cloth covered boards, 9x13 inches, xvii, 354 pages. Illustrated throughout with facsimiles of early printed title pages and other items. TEXT in SPANISH.

BOTH VOLUMES are in GOOD condition, likely bound in library hardcovers as indicated by the scrapes at the bottom of both spines where shelving labels probably were at one time, and perhaps by the bit of erased writing at the upper corner of the title page of one volume, but there are no other library marks, labels, etc. In addition to the scapes to the spines the covers have a little wear to the spine ends and the 1952 edition has a small area of bubbling to the front cover, otherwise the covers are solid, bright, and doing their job well. Internally, the 1947 edition has some waviness to the first and last few pages, and the rear inner hinge is cracking; the 1952 edition has toned pages, and the upper corner of its title page has the ghost of some writing that has been erased but the indents are still there; otherwise the pages and all the facsimile printings are bright and clear.

An important resource for anyone interested in early Mexican printing.