The True Mexico; Mexico-Tenochtitlan

Menasha, WI [place of printing]: Privately Published by the Author, 1938. Presumed First Edition, First printing. Hardcover. Good/Fair. 303, [1] pages. Color Frontis illustrations. Occasional footnotes. Some pencil marks noted. Illustrated with a water color by the Author, two drawings, and thirty-four photographs. DJ has an illustrated front and has wear, tears, soiling and chips. Endpaper discoloration. The contents are: Aztecas and Spaniards. Pre-Cortesan history -- The arrival of Cortés -- The tree of the sad night -- The capture of México-Tenochititlán by Cortés -- Colonial Mexico. The beginnings of the present city -- The National Library -- Church of Santo Domingo and the inquisition -- San Ildefonso -- Las Vizcaínes -- The cathedral and the sagrario -- The university -- The national palace -- The treasury of the nation -- El Volador -- "El Zócalo," or Great Square of Mexico City -- The national pawnshop -- The house of tiles -- The Iturbide palace -- Ministry of public education -- The post office building -- Ministry of communications and public works -- National museum of archaeology, history and ethnography -- The calendar stone -- Tizoc's monument -- Statue of Charles IV -- Paseo de la reforma -- Chapultepec park -- Chapultepec -- The military college -- San Miguel de Belem, now the school of the revolution -- The palace of the fine arts -- Environs of Mexico City. The basilica of Guadalupe -- The monastery of Churubusco -- Coyoacán -- Villa Obregón -- Xochimilco -- Atzcapotzalco -- Tepotzotlan -- Los remedios. Book is Inscribed by the author on the half-title page. Inscription reads To Mrs. Josephine Fisher with my very best wishes. A. L. Deverdun Taxeo 28 Dec. 39. Josephine Fisher was the wife of Otto Orren Fisher, noted bibliophile. The author was a former Professor of the Ministry of Public Education in Mexico. An interesting book dealing with Mexico city and surrounding area, with much on the history of the area and important buildings, parks, palaces, etc. In the Preface, Deverdun writes that his aim is not to provide either a history or a guidebook, but rather to tell readers "something about the many places of outstanding interest in this most beautiful country. The book is divided into three sections, titled Aztecs and Spaniards; Colonial Mexico; and Environs of Mexico City.