ROW 1

01 Artist: Uncertain, probably Manilla, but possibly Posada (unsigned) Title: La Nueve Jornadas de los Santos Peregrinos (The Nine Days of the Holy Pilgrims) Date: ND Medium:Type metal engravings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.3" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 204. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with two internal illustrations.

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03 Artist:Attributed to Manuel Manilla (unsigned) Title: Coleccion de Canciones para 1902 (A Compiation of Songs for 1902) Date: 1902 Medium:Type metal engravings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted.Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.1" x 3.3" Booklet dimensions: 5.6" x 3.8" Reference: Manuel Manilla, Grabador Mexicano, p. 141 LR. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with no internal illustrations.

04 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR) Title: El Clown Mexicano: Cuaderno No. 4 (The Mexican Clown) Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium: Type metal engravings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.2" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.9" Reference: None yet found. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with one small titular engraving.

05 Artist:Attributed to Manuel Manilla (Unsigned) Title: El Grillito Valeroso (The Valient little Cricket) Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium:Type metal engravings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-4.9" x 3.3" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.7" Reference: Manuel Manilla, Grabador Mexicano, p. 50. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 8 internal pages with three hand colored internal illustrations. The image on the back cover is of the sales counter atVanegas Arroyo.

ROW 2

01 Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (unsigned) Title: El Incendio de un Alma (antes los escombros del Anahuac) Date: 1900 Medium: Relief etching(?) and chromolithography in colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on better cover stock with typical poor quality paper inside. Image dimensions: Cover-3.9" x 2.7" Booklet dimensions: 4.7" x 3.3" Reference: Posada, Mexican Engraver, p. 83, # 162. Description:A regular size chapbook from the Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano series with the cover printed in multiple colors using chromolithography. The booklet has 16 internal pages of text with three internal engravings that are probably not by Posada.

02 ( verso of 03 ) Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR border) Title: El Moderno Payaso: Escogida Recopilacion de versos y Etreactos Comicos Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.4" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: Posada, Printmaker to the Mexican People, p. 113, # 201. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 138. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red. The booklet has 16 internal pages of verse with no internal illustrations. Image on the back is of a printer presenting a proof to a well dressed man, presumably Vanegas Arroyo.

03 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR border) Title: El Moderno Payaso: Escogida Recopilacion de versos y Etreactos Comicos Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.4" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: Posada, Printmaker to the Mexican People, p. 113, # 201. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 138. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red. The booklet has 16 internal pages of verse with no internal illustrations. Image on the back is of a printer presenting a proof to a well dressed man, presumably Vanegas Arroyo.

04 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at lower middle right border) Title: El Pajarillo Errante No 6 de la Nueva Coleccion de Canciones Moernas para 1899 Date: 1899 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.3" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.6" x 3.7" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 144, # 230. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 54. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with no internal illustrations.

05 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR border) Title: El Parrandero No 15 (de la Nueva coleccion de Canciones Modernas para 1904) Date: 1904 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.4" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.7" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 39. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with one small internal illustration. The image on the back cover is of the sales desk of Vanegas Arroyo

ROW 3

01 Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (unsigned) Title: El Sol de la Paz (The Peaceful Sun) Date: 1901 Medium: Relief etching(?) and chromolithography in colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on better cover stock with typical poor quality paper inside. Image dimensions: Cover-3.9" x 2.7" Booklet dimensions: 4.7" x 3.3" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 359, # 674. Posada's Mexico, p. 292, # 226. Description:A regular size chapbook from the Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano series with the cover printed in multiple colors using chromolithography. The booklet has 16 internal pages of text with three internal engravings that are probably nobt by Posada.

02 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR) Title: El Testerazo del Diablo (Juguete Pastoril en un Acto) Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium:Type metal engraving in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.3" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 97, # 124. Posada, Messenger of Mortality, p. 162 # 229. Posada, Printmaker to the Mexican People, p. 109, # 194. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 201. Posada, El Novio de la Muerte. Posada, Mexican Engraver, p. 103, # 66. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 16 internal pages with no internal illustrations.

03 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR) Title: Galeria de Teatro Infantil: La Cola del Diablo Date: 1918 (as dated on back, possibly a later reprint) Medium: Relief etching in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.2" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.8" x 3.8" Reference: None yet noted. Description:A regular size chapbook printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages of text with no internal illustrations. Some similar books are reputed to be later reprints but there is no definitive information. This is a clear example of the posthumous reuse of one of Posada's plate by the firm of Vanegas Arroyo.

04 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate along LL margin) Title: Galeria de Teatro Infantil: Los Gendarmes Date: ND, circa 1920 (possibly a later reprint) Medium: Relief etching in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.2" x 3.5" Booklet dimensions: 5.8" x 3.8" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 128. Description:A regular size chapbook printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages of text (10 total) with no internal illustrations. Some similar books are reputed to be later reprints but there is no definitive information.This is a clear example of the posthumous reuse of one of Posada's plate by the firm of Vanegas Arroyo.

05 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate along mid left margin) Title: Galeria de Teatro Infantil: Los Novios Date: 1918 (as dated on back, possibly a later reprint) Medium: Relief etching in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.3" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.8" x 3.9" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 132. Description:A regular size chapbook printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages of text (10 total) with no internal illustrations. Some similar books are reputed to be later reprints but there is no definitive information.This is a clear example of the posthumous reuse of one of Posada's plate by the firm of Vanegas Arroyo.

ROW 4

01 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR) Title: Galeria de Teatro Infantil: La Almoneda del Diablo Date: ND, circa 1920 (possibly a later reprint) Medium: Relief etching in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.2" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 96, # 119. Posada's Mexico, p. 287, # 216. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 125. José Guadalupe Posada Aguilar: Commemorating the 75th Anniversary of his Death, p 48. Posada, Mexican Engraver, p. 106, # 45. Description:A regular size chapbook printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages of text (9 total) with no internal illustrations. Some similar books are reputed to be later reprints but there is no definitive information.This is a clear example of the posthumous reuse of one of Posada's plate by the firm of Vanegas Arroyo.

02 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR) Title: La Calumnia Castigada Cuento (The Damaging Slander) Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.4" x 3.4" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.7" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 162, # 283. La Muerte en el Impreso Mexicano, p. 78, #117. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 92. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 8 internal pages of story text with four hand colored relief etchings and one uncolored type metal egraving.

03 Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at bottom of ornament in left margin). Title: La Cocina en el Bosillo No. 8 (The Pocket Cookbook) Date: ND, circa 1900 Medium: Relief etching in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: Back cover at LL "A131296 # 63" Abel Barron inventory #. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.2" x 3.2" Booklet dimensions: 5.4" x 3.7" Reference: Manuel Manilla, Grabador Mexicano, p. 141, UR. Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 185. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red. The booklet has 16 internal pages with no internal illustrations.The ornament to the left of the main image is signed by Posada.The primary image is now recognized as being a copy by Posada of a Manuel Manilla plate from an earlier book.

04 Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (unsigned) Title: La Conspiracion del marques del Valle Date: 1900 Medium: Relief etching(?) and chromolithography in colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on better cover stock with typical poor quality paper inside. Image dimensions: Cover-3.9" x 2.7" Booklet dimensions: 4.7" x 3.3" Reference: José Guadalupe Posada: Ilustrador de la Vida Mexicana, p 256, # 468. Description:A regular size chapbook from the Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano series with the cover printed in multiple colors using chromolithography. The booklet has 16 inter- nal pages of text with three internal engravings that are probably not by Posada.

05 Artist:Attributed to Manuel Manilla (unsigned) Title: La Cria de Canarios No. 4 Date: ND (circa 1888-1890 based on other similar example) Medium:Type metal engravings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: "200/xx" in graphite at UL back cover. Paper/impression qualbity: Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.1" x 3.6" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.7" Reference: Manuel Manilla, Grabador Mexicano, p. 140 & 141 UL. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black and reddish brown. The booklet is paginated 49-56 and has no internal illustrations.

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01 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at LR border) Title: Libro de Cocina (Cookbook) Date: ND, circa 1900-1920 Medium: Relief etchings in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations:Abel Barron inventory number in graphite at LL back cover "#AB11596#35". Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-4.7" x 2.8" Booklet dimensions: 5.4" x 3.6" Reference: None yet noted. Description:A regular size chapbook with both covers printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages with no internal illustrations.

02 Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (unsigned) Title: Los Horrores de la Guerra (O La Sangre de la Patria) Date: 1900 Medium: Relief etching(?) and chromolithography in colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Very good impression on better cover stock with typical poor quality paper inside. Image dimensions: Cover-3.9" x 2.7" Booklet dimensions: 4.7" x 3.3" Reference: Posada's Mexico, p. 290, # 224. Posada, Mexican Engraver, p. 83, # 184. Description:A regular size chapbook from the Biblioteca del Niño Mexicano series with the cover printed in multiple colors using chromolithography. The booklet has 16 internal pages of text with three internal engravings that are probably not by Posada.

03 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Signed in plate at UL border) Title: Selecta: Recopilacion de Canciones Modernas (A Compiation of Modern Songs) Date: 1901 Medium: Relief etchings in two colors with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality:Very good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-6.9" x 4.7" Booklet dimensions: 7.6" x 5.6" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 63. Description:A double size chapbook with both covers printed in black and red orange. The booklet has 40 internal pages with no internal illustrations.

04 Artist: José Guadalupe Posada (Front unsigned, possibly not Posada. Back cover engraving is Posada and signed in plate at bottom center) Title:Teatro Infantil: La Isla de San Balandran Date: 1918 (as dated on cover, possibly a later reprint) Medium:Tyle metal engravings in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impressions on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions: Cover-5.0" x 3.1" Booklet dimensions: 5.7" x 3.8" Reference: Manuel Manilla, Grabador Mexicano. p. 61. Description:A regular size chapbook printed in black. The booklet has 8 internal pages of text (10 total) with no internal illustrations. Some similar books are reputed to be later reprints but there is no definitive information.This is a clear example of the posthumous reuse of one of Posada's plate by the firm of Vanegas Arroyo.

ROW SIX (recto and verso)

Artist:Attributed to José Guadalupe Posada (no signatures noted) Title: Silabario Methodico que en Clase de Proyecto ha Dispuesto Date: ND, circa 1905-1915 Medium: Relief etchings in black with hand set type on paper. Inscriptions/Annotations: None noted. Paper/impression quality: Good impression on typical poor quality paper. Image dimensions:Title-4.7" x 2.9" Sheet (unscored, unfolded) dimensions: 11.6" x 15.8" Reference: Posada, Illustrator of Chapbooks, p. 152. Description:This item is an unfolded chapbook as it would have come off of the press. It was clearly set aside to be preserved as is and represents an interesting study of the prit ing output of Vanegas Arroyo. From the Stallings collection, it was possibly brought to Stallings by Jean Charlot.W 06