[Sammelband of Three 19th-Century Mexican Works on the "Lucrative Breeding" of Farm Animals]

Mexico City, 1880. Very good.. Three separate imprints bound together; individual details below. Small octavo. Contemporary half Mexican calf and marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine titles. Minor wear and rubbing to edges and boards, corners bumped and a bit frayed. Scattered minor foxing to text, a few leaves toned. A fantastic sammelband of Mexican agricultural "theoretical-practical manuals" featuring information and illustrations on roosters, hens, poultry, pigs, cattle, dogs, and other farm animals. Each work focuses not only on the animals themselves but on the methods to achieve "profitable breeding." The works are detailed as follows:

1) Manual Teorico Practico para la Cria Lucrativa del Gallo y de la Gallina en Cuanto Tiene Relacion.... Mexico City: Imprenta de J.M. Aguilar Ortiz, 1879. vi,104,[2]pp., plus two engraved plates. The work covers the history of various roosters and hens in different regions, including some information on roosters produced for cockfighting, and other details on breeding cocks and hens. The two plates feature several roosters, such as the "breed rooster and hens," "country rooster," and the "gallo espanol de combate" (Spanish fighting rooster). OCLC lists just one copy, at the National Agricultural Library in Maryland.

2) Manual Teorico Practico de la Cria Lucrativa de las Aves de Corral.... Mexico City: Imprenta de J.M. Aguilar Ortiz, 1879. iv,115,[1]pp., plus two engraved plates. This work focuses on the successful breeding methods for numerous "aves de corral" (poultry) such as turkeys, peacocks, pigeons, pheasant, partridge, guinea fowl, quail, ducks, swans, and geese. The two plates here show the common turkey, as well as an image of a quail, duck, geese, and swan. No copies in OCLC.

3) Manual Teorico Practico para la Cria Lucrativa de los Animales de Corral.... Mexico City: Imprenta de Aguilar e Hijos, 1880. iv,128,[4]pp., plus three engraved plates. The last work focuses on the successful breeding methods for numerous "animales de corral" (barnyard animals) such as rabbits, cows, sheep, rams, goats, pigs, donkeys, and dogs. The three plates in this work feature fattened pigs, a dog, rabbits, goats, sheep, donkeys, and cows. Just two copies in OCLC, at the National Agricultural Library and Warren Wilson College (North Carolina).