Feb 20, 2020 - Sale 2530

Sale 2530 - Lot 377

Unsold
Estimate: $ 1,500 - $ 2,500
DELLHORA, GUILLERMO; and ATL, DR. (Murillo, Gerardo). La Iglesia Católica Ante La Crítica En El Pensamiento Y En El Arte. Preface and color stenciled wrapper by Atl. Numerous black-and-white illustrations throughout, mostly in text, a few in color. Thick 4to, lettered cloth, worn; original front wrapper by Atl bound in. First Edition; number 2369 from an unknown limitation. México: Ediciones Dellhora, 1929

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Inscribed by Dr. Atl with a full-page drawing of distant mountains to Mexican art patron and collector Alvar Carrillo Gil. The work is primarily a critique of the measures taken by the government of Plutarco Elías Calles against the Catholic Church through a compilation of written judgments, art, verse, poetry, and essays by great ecclesiastical figures, liberal philosophers, and political writers.