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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO--SPORTING.) Blázquez, Pedro. El cazador mexicano: el arte de la caza en Mexico y en sus relaciones con la historia natural. 5 lithographic plates, illustrated title page printed in red, gold and black, text illustrations. [2], vi, [3], 8-431, [8] pages. Small 8vo, contemporary 1/4 calf, moderate wear; early owner's inscription and later inked stamp on front free endpaper, tasteful inked monogram stamp on title page. Puebla: Pedro Alarcon, 1868
first edition of the first Mexican hunting book. Bancroft on his History of Mexico wrote that "hunting, fishing and cognate sports are little followed . . . and the climate does not tempt in that direction . . . yet Blazquez of Puebla has been induced to issue quite a book of respectable size on hunting" (page 626). Phillips, American Sporting Books, page 46 ("important book on Mexican sport"). Not in Palau, none traced at any American auction since 1941.
