Supervivencias de un Mundo Magico: Imagenes de Cuatro Pueblos Mexicanos
- Mexico: Tezontle, 1953
Mexico: Tezontle, 1953. Very Good. San Juan, Mexico: Tezontle, 1953. First Edition. Octavo; publisher's black pictorial card wrappers; 116,[4]pp.; cover design and five black and white illustrations by novelist and surrealist artist Leonora Carrington. Light wear and creasing to edges of wrappers. Binding sound and pages unmarked; Very Good.
First of two collaborations between Sejourne and Carrington, both of whom were born in Europe and pursued their respective political, academic, and artistic pursuits in Mexico, each eventually becoming naturalized citizens. Supervivencias details some of the ancestral spells, witchcraft, and indigenous folk beliefs of Mexico with chapters on "Conjuros y encanamientos," "El culto magico de una Virgen," and "Muerte y brujeria," among others. A notable collection and scarce in retail. The pair also worked on El Mundo Magico de Los Mayas, published in 1964. .
First of two collaborations between Sejourne and Carrington, both of whom were born in Europe and pursued their respective political, academic, and artistic pursuits in Mexico, each eventually becoming naturalized citizens. Supervivencias details some of the ancestral spells, witchcraft, and indigenous folk beliefs of Mexico with chapters on "Conjuros y encanamientos," "El culto magico de una Virgen," and "Muerte y brujeria," among others. A notable collection and scarce in retail. The pair also worked on El Mundo Magico de Los Mayas, published in 1964. .