Author: Leon, Profesor Francisco De P.
Title: Los Esmaltes de Uruapan : Edición de Su Manuscrito Fechado En Morelia El Ano de 1922
Description: Mexico, DAPP, 1939. Softbound. Printed wraps with decorative border. viii, 176 pages, 52 full-page colored drawings of the enamels. A very, very nice copy of this pioneering study of the Urtuapan enamels, written in 1922 and first published in 1939. They have a striking similarity to the designs of the Pennsylvania Dutch. Beautiful, vivid illustrations of this Mexican folk art. "Comentarios a la obra" signed: Gabriel Fernández Ledesma./ Includes extracts from sources of information, "por ejemplo--capítulos y párrafos del 'México desconocido' de Lumholtz y fragmentos de la obra 'Noticias para la historia y estadística del obispado de Michoacán' (1862)" etc. Scarce. VG internally; a clean, bright, tight copy but covers showing wear and splitting .

Keywords: American Decorative Arts; Mexican Folk Art; Uruapan ; Uruapan Enamels ; ; Ceramics - American


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