(MEXICO SPORTING) Blázquez Pedro El cazador mexicano el art

Sale 2486 - Lot 509

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INSCRIBED BY "EL AUTOR" (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; hinges split, half-title partly adhered to front free endpaper with short closed tear, minor foxing and wear; inscribed on verso of half-title "A mi buen amigo y entusuasta cazador el Sr. Lic. Don Petronilo Ariza, El Autor." Puebla: Pedro Alarcon, 1868

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first edition of the first Mexican hunting book. Bancroft in 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.