El Hijo del Ahuizote (Segunda Epoca, Tomi II) Numero 1-64 (complete)
Mexico: 1886.
Figaro; Jesús Martínez Carrión et al. First Edition. Softcover. Near Fine Condition. Item #049684
64 issues, all of Tomo II of this important satirical weekly. September 5 1886 - December 25, 1887. Each issue 8pp with a cover illustration in color and internal (usually a two page spread) illustrations in black and white. Issues 22 and 41 with no cover illustration but with a 4 page fold out color illustration. 8.5" x 12.5". (issues 22 and 41 17" x 25"). Slight browning in spots, minor wear at edges, a few splits at folds of fold-outs; extremely well preserved overall.
Daniel Cabrera Rivera named El Hijo after a short-lived journal founded by José María Villasana in 1874 that also had a satirical, caricature driven, bent. The Ahuizote is an important creature in Aztec mythology, thought to be a water possum, it, supposedly lured men to their deaths. Cortes, in fact, reported that one of his men was killed by an ahuizote. The journal was relentlessly derisive of Porfirio Diaz and a key reviver of the Mexican Enlightenment that was under attack by Diaz and his anti-democratic reforms. It was ordered to cease publication numberous times, popping up under related names. It was closed for good in 1903 when much of its staff was arrested after they flew a banner reading "La Constitución ha muerto" on the 46th anniversary of the Mexican constitution. Size: Quarto (4to). Illustrator: Figaro; Jesús Martínez Carrión et al. Quantity Available: 1. Shipped Weight: Under 1 kilo. Category: Sociology & Culture; Inventory No: 049684.
Price: $4,500.00