El zarco : episodios de la vida mexicana en 1861-1863, 1888.

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El zarco : episodios de la vida mexicana en 1861-1863, 1888.

Bound holograph manuscript by Ignacio Manuel Altamirano of his novel, El zarco : episodios de la vida mexicana en 1861-1863, written between 1886 and 1888. The last page bears the author's handwritten and signed note: "He concluido esta novela a las once y veinte minutos de la noche del 6 de abril de 1888." On the title page is a paragraph in the author's hand giving information about events significant to the development of the novel, namely, a proposal for its publication, and readings from the unfinished novel in the Liceo Hidalgo.

1 v. (335 leaves) ; 35 cm.

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Altamirano, Ignacio Manuel, 1834-1893

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Ignacio Manuel Altamirano [1834-1893] was a Mexican poet and novelist of Nahua heritage. He joined Benito Juarez in opposition to Maximilian and played a part in the subsequent reconstruction of the republic. Altamirano served as representative to the national congress, as Supreme Court justice, and as president of the Sociedad Mexicana de GeografĂ­a y EstadĂ­stica. He became Mexico's consul general to Spain in 1889 and to France in 1890. Altamirano's work, which focused on Mexican society, includ...