Labor de Aguilas
San Antonio, Tx. Libreria de Quiroga, [ca. 1920]. 37,[3]pp. Original printed wrappers, stapled. Light wear and soiling, some chipping at edges. Contemporary ownership ink stamp on title page. Light creasing to text, internally clean. About very good. Item #5085
Scarce Spanish-language imprint published in San Antonio, likely during the early 1920s, that comprises a patriotic dialogue composed by an anonymous dramatist between two heroes of Mexican independence, Agustín de Iturbide and Vicente Guerrero. The first act of the dialogue dramatizes the "Embrace of Acatempan," the mythologized meeting on February 10, 1821, at which Iturbide, until then a loyalist, and Guerrero, leader of the Mexican rebel forces, allied themselves to fight for independence. The second part imagines their conversation at the moment of triumph in Mexico City, following the defeat of the colonial forces and their entrance into the capital to proclaim the new Mexican nation. A hagiographical dialogue, seemingly intended for the centennial of Mexican independence. With two pages of patriotic advertisements for the present work and an atlas of Mexico at the rear; not in OCLC.
Price: $500.00