CATALOGO ORDAZ, COYOACAN, D. E. [part of Mexico City]

[1947 RARE CATALOG HISTORIC MEXICO CITY BUILDING; LIMITED EDITION] CATALOGO ORDAZ, COYOACAN, D. E. [part of Mexico City], foreword dated July 1947 by Antonio Romero Caballero and also inscribed by him "A. Romero" to H. E. Russell, Jr., of Texas, text in Spanish, red cloth cover with gilded lettering (no jacket as issued), 9" x 12", x + 240 pages, glossy pages, black-and-white photographs on nearly every page of varied antiquities of the historic building including paintings, furniture, silver, and statues, index, 523 articles cataloged with detailed descriptive annotations and occasional notable aspects of an article and its historical background, De Este Catlogo Se Imprimieron -70- [handwritten number], Numeros, Siendo Este el Numero -46- [handwritten number], limited edition #46 of 70 copies, inscribed at upper left corner of the title page "To our very old friend H. E. Russell, Coyoacan, D. E., Mexico, March 31st, 1948, A. Romero", signature made out by linking to the identified author of the foreword, signature authenticated by seller with lifetime guarantee; RARE, about six only recorded at WorldCat/OCLC including NY Metropolitan Museum of Art, NY Frick Museum, NY Public Library, Lib. of Congress, none found for sale; NOTES: CASA ORDAZ: House located in the Center of Coyoacán, which was believed for a long time to belong to the conqueror Diego de Ordaz, although it was later proven that it was built around the 18th century. (online source for Mexican tourist information, translated from Spanish); HENRY EDGAR [or Edward] RUSSELL, 1874-1960, a wealthy Texan living in the Dallas area, sometimes known as Colonel Russell, the April 5, 1948 issue of Life magazine has a photograph of him and his wife standing next to their newly-acquired Rolls Royce (online sources); PROVENANCE: rare item acquired at a Fairfield County, Connecticut, estate sale, probably from a relative of the Texas Russells who came into possession the catalog atone time /// CONDITION: about very good-plus, scattered light surface wear to cover, spine worn with rubbing including surface loss to edges of spine and a couple of small tears of cloth, scattered small age spots to page edges, minimal wear to interior pages though of note light waviness of glossy pages extending from binding due to normal changes from production quality of the limited printing of the book (apparently some tightening of the binding as normal from 1947 era materials used, no damage to pages), hinges firm, text block tight. keywords: Colonial Mexico antiquities, Latin America, Hispanic culture