José Guadalupe Posada : Biblioteca del niño Mexicano
The Library of Mexican Children (Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano) was a series of educational booklets devoted to the dissemination of episodes of national history. The Mexican journalist and novelist Heriberto Frías (1870-1925) wrote the stories. In 1900, the Maucci Brothers, a Spanish publisher, commissioned famous Mexican engraver José Guadalupe Posada (1851-1913) Posada to illustrate a series of pamphlets for children on the history of Mexico. The cover illustrations are the only mechanically produced chromolithographs by Posada. The rest of his illustrations were created using the letterpress techniques. The complete original series consisted of 110 brochures that recounted various historical episodes to children, from pre-Hispanic times to the late nineteenth century. The University of Hawaii-Manoa Library has digitized these booklets. One can download these here: https://scholarspace.manoa.hawaii.edu/handle/10125/34302 These are the part of the collection of Jean Charlot Collection at the University of Hawaii. There are many more scanned images of the booklets of Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano that can be browsed in the images section of this online exhibit. One can search for these images by entering the term-"Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano" in the search box or by clicking here.
El Cinco de Mayo de 1862 y el sitio de Puebla: Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913).
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925.
In 1900 the Maucci Brothers, a Spanish publisher, commissioned Posada to illustrate a series of pamphlets for children on the history of Mexico. The cover illustrations are probably the only mechanically produced chromolithographs that Posada ever did.
Chromolithograph on cover designed by José Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
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El héroe de Cuautla, José María Morelos : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano.
José María Teclo Morelos Pérez y Pavón was a Mexican Roman Catholic priest and revolutionary rebel leader who led the Mexican War of Independence movement, assuming its leadership after the execution of Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla in 1811.
Chromolithograph on cover designed by Jose´ Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
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El año fatal ó, Los desastres de la patria: Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Chromolithograph on cover designed by Jose´ Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
The war of 1846-1848 between the United States and Mexico resulted in the disastrous loss of Mexican territories. It was a tragedy for Mexico of unprecedented proportions.
Mexican War, 1846-1848--Juvenile literature
Taylor, Zachary 1784-1850--Juvenile literature
Scott, Winfield 1786-1866--Juvenile literature
Santa Anna, Antonio López de 1794?-1876--Juvenile literature
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La noche triste en Tenochtitlán : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547--Juvenile literature
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Juvenile literature
Emperor of Mexico Cuauhtemoc 1495?-1525--Juvenile literature
Faced with an Aztec revolt against their rule, forces under the Spanish conquistador Hernan Cortes fight their way out of Tenochtitlan at the heavy cost. Known to the Spanish as La Noche Triste, or “the Night of Sadness,” many soldiers drowned in Lake Texcoco when the vessel carrying them and Aztec treasures hoarded by CortÝs sank. Montezuma II, the Aztec emperor who had become merely a subject of Cortes in the previous year, was also killed during the struggle; by the Aztecs or the Spanish, it is not known.
Chromolithograph on cover designed by José Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
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El Rayo De Satanas: Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Chromolithograph on cover designed by José Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
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El defensor de los indios, ó, La isla del Naufragio : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Chromolithograph on cover designed by Jose´ Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
Casas, Bartolomé de las 1484-1566
II, Emperor of Mexico Montezuma approximately 1480-1520
Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547
Indians, Treatment of
America--Discovery and exploration--Spanish
Bartolomé de las Casas; c. 1484 – 18 July 1566) was a 16th-century Spanish colonist who acted as a historian and social reformer before becoming a Dominican friar. He was appointed as the first resident Bishop of Chiapas, and the first officially appointed "Protector of the Indians". His extensive writings, the most famous being A Short Account of the Destruction of the Indies and Historia de Las Indias, chronicle the first decades of colonization of the West Indies. He described the atrocities committed by the colonizers against the indigenous peoples (source: wikipedia).
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La Cruz de la espada ó, La espada de la Cruz en la Conquista de México : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Chromolithograph on cover designed by Jose´ Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
Mexico--History--Conquest, 1519-1540--Juvenile literature
II, Emperor of Mexico Montezuma approximately 1480-1520--Juvenile literature
Cortés, Hernán 1485-1547--Juvenile literature
Catholic Church--Mexico--Juvenile literature
Mexico--Church history--16th century--Juvenile literature
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El Sueño De Tenochtitlan ó el origen del fanatismo sanguinario : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Writer: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca Del Niño Mexicano, a series of patriotic tales and episodes by Heriberto Frias.
Chromolithograph on cover designed by José Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
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El aguila delante de los hijos del Sol : Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Author: Frias, Heriberto, 1870-1925
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Chromolithograph on cover designed by Jose´ Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
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La muerte de flecha velox: Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Mexican, 1851–1913)
Chromolithograph on cover designed by José Guadalupe Posada. "Barcelona--Imp. de la Casa Editorial Maucci"--P. 16.
Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano
Publishers: Maucci Hermanos .
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