{"title":"BOOKS\/ RARE \u0026 FINE","description":"","products":[{"product_id":"jose-guadalupe-posada-ilustrador-de-la-vida-mexicana","title":"José Guadalupe Posada, Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAn iconic tribute to Mexico’s great visual chronicler, wrapped in gold embossing and editorial reverence.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis 1963 edition, published by Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana, stands as one of the most elegant homages to José Guadalupe Posada—engraver, satirist, and anonymous soul of the Mexican people. With its crimson textile cover adorned in golden lattice and a central photograph of Posada’s workshop, the book reads as both a visual reliquary and a national offering.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWithin its pages, Posada’s world unfolds: the everyday and the tragic, the political and the grotesque, all carved with urgency and printed for the masses. Long before the fame of his Calaveras, Posada shaped the visual language of Mexican identity with fierce simplicity and deep popular resonance. This volume, carefully printed under the auspices of major Mexican financial institutions, is not just a monograph—it is a posthumous altar to one of the country’s most influential yet historically marginalized artists.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe book’s editorial design reflects the aesthetic codes of mid-century institutional publishing, yet it preserves the raw power of Posada’s prints—making it a collectible object, a bibliophile’s jewel, and a visual archive of cultural resistance.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eObject: Book\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eTitle: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eArtist \/ Author: José Guadalupe Posada\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDate: 1963\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMedium \/ Materials: Hardcover with textile binding and gold embossing\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePublisher \/ Editor: Fondo Editorial de la Plástica Mexicana\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eLanguage: Spanish\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCondition: Very good; minimal signs of handling\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003e\u003cspan\u003eProvenance: Private Collection\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"DaRWIN","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51955262161234,"sku":null,"price":250.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0999\/7058\/0818\/files\/TODWEBB_83442087-2dd7-47d3-915e-cd8183316373.jpg?v=1767992081"},{"product_id":"vitalogy-e-h-ruddock-m-d-1926","title":"Vitalogy – E.H. Ruddock, M.D. – 1926","description":"\u003cp data-start=\"141\" data-end=\"682\"\u003eA complete domestic medical universe bound in one ambitious volume. Conceived for the layman and sold by subscription, this encyclopaedia translates anatomy, hygiene, homeopathy and emergency care into accessible knowledge. Its standout feature: layered colour “manikin” plates with flaps revealing muscles, organs and bone, alongside phrenological diagrams and botanical remedies. Printed in Chicago in 1926, it reflects a moment when scientific medicine, moral instruction and popular health culture coexisted in a single, didactic object.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"1088\"\u003e\u003cstrong data-start=\"684\" data-end=\"703\"\u003eTechnical Sheet\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cbr data-start=\"703\" data-end=\"706\"\u003eTitle: Vitalogy: An Encyclopedia of Health and Home\u003cbr data-start=\"757\" data-end=\"760\"\u003eAuthor: E.H. 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