Creator
D. Mariano José De Zúñiga y Ontiveros.
Title
Calendario manual para el año del señor de 1818.
Coverage
México:
Publisher
Officina del Autor, calle del Espiritu Santo,
Date
[1817].
Description
By no means elaborate in execution, the wrappers of this small Mexican almanac serve as an example of dabbed paper. The paper used for the book’s wrappers was decorated, probably using a small natural sponge, with red, black, and yellow paint. Dabbed, or “daubed,” paper was used in Spain and Italy for book covers and endpapers, with the red, black, and yellow combination a common choice. Dabbed papers were also adopted for use in Mexico, where this book was printed.
Source
From the collection of Rare Book School