Hierros Forjados (Forged Irons)
Mexico City: Museo Nacional de Arqueologia, 1935. First edition. Hardcover. 1/1000. Quarto. xv, 166 (1)pp., 28, 80 plates, [1] page. Bound in red cloth with gilt lettering on spine, retaining original stiff black wraps with red lettering in decorative borders and color illustration on plate laid to cover. Half title printed in red, title page in black and red with publisher's device. Two lithographic full page plates with forged iron designs of half title and title page. Bibliography. Full page with forged iron design of title. Headpieces, initials, endpieces and half-titles in forged iron designs, rendered lithographically in brown.
One full page with forty-three brand marks for cattle, sheep, etc. Profusely illustrated with ninety-eight full page b/w plates on photo paper with forged iron work, including gates, knobs, pulpits, grilles, latticework, window bars, well armors, balustrades, Mexican stirrups, spurs, locks, lock plates, badges, latches and hinges, keys, Mexican pins, passepartouts, shovels, knives, belt knuckles, scissors, safe, and two artworks. Last page with credits for this publication, rendered lithographically.
Published by the Secretary of Public Education in the series Monographs of the National Museum. Graphic Workshops of the National Museum of Archaeology, History and Ethnography. The collection of Forged Irons held by the National Museum of Archaeology, History and Ethnography is surely one of the most important among those that make up the Department of Colonial and Public Ethnography, both for its number and for its quality and importance. The collection includes works from the 15th to the 19th Century, the majority is from the 16th century. Some very light wear to cloth binding. Bound-in wraps and block in fine condition. Very good to fine condition. Item #54048
Price: $450.00