(MEXICO) Castro C[asimiro]; et al México y sus alrededores

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"THE SINGLE MOST IMPORTANT COLOR PLATE BOOK PRODUCED IN MEXICO." - MILES & REESE (MEXICO.) Castro, C[asimiro]; et al. México y sus alrededores. 31 tinted lithographs, including the two pictorial titles, (comprising 17 two-stone lithographs, 11 three-stone lithographs, 1 four-stone lithograph, and 2 six-stone lithographs.); letterpress title, 3-32 letterpress pages of text. Folio, 440x305 mm, publisher's gilt-lettered cloth; quite a fine copy, internally and externally clean and bright. Mexico: Establecimiento Lithografico de Decaen, 1855 y 1856

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Like many plate books from this period of lithography, copies of México y sus alrededores were essentially made-to-order and are seen to include a widely varying complement of plates, as well as significant variation within the states of those plates. We can classify examples within rough chronological groupings; however, delineating editions is quite difficult. This example is an early issue, including many of the plates in their earliest states.

"This book, which went through a complicated evolution of editions from 1856 to 1869 (and beyond) that vary widely in content, is the single most important color plate book produced in Mexico in the age of lithography." Miles & Reese, America Pictured to Life, 18.

"One of the most significant lithographic productions in the history of art. . . this is the most important work illustrating Mexico City in the nineteenth century." Mathes, Mexico on Stone, pages 28-30.

Casimiro Castro y su taller (1996); Colas 547; Hiler 143; Lipperheide 1625.