[MEXICO]. VICENTE RIVA PALACIO & MANUEL PAYNO. EL LIBRO ROJO 1520-1867.Mexico: Diaz de Leon y White, 1870. First Edition. 17 x 11 ½'. [2],153 pages, plus lithograph title page and 38 lithographed plates – one plate hand-colored, 'La Peste (1577)'. Full red morocco, brief wear, short split to lower rear joint, 'surplus duplicate' stamped on recto of title leaf. Lithographs by Hernandez and Iriarte. The Red Book honors those lives sacrificed throughout Mexican history including horrors committed by Spaniards and the Mexican Inquisition. Estimate $700-1,000
