Pequeña Geografia del Distrito Federal [line letter]

Book

Accession Number: 2018.21

Subtitle: Obra de texto para los alumnos de las escuelas oficiales y particulares

Summary/Description: "Geography of the Federal District" embossed in raised letters at the Escuela Nacional de Ciegos (National School for the Blind in Mexico City, Mexico) in 1899; case binding; black and green marbled paper covers; spine and corners of covers wrapped with a brown textured faux-leather and later reinforced/repaired with a light gauze glued atop the original binding; single sided embossing on heavy paper; spacers between signatures; font is a serif font with descenders on j, g, p, and q; orange liner pages. Presented in fourteen lessons.

Collection: APH Collection

Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2018.21.

Publisher: Escuela Nacional de Ciegos

Publisher Place: Mexico City, Mexico

Publish Date: 1899

Subjects: Blind children Education of disabled persons Geography Mexico

Physical Description: 1 v. (82 pages) of raised letters; 14.55 x 11 x 2 in.