Milagros: Votive Offerings from the Americas (Limited Edition)

Description

Author: Egan, Martha

Publisher: Museum of New Mexico Press

Pub Date: 1991

Binding: Hardcover (in slipcase)

Condition: Good.  As new.  Book without dust jacket, as issued.  Slipcase embossed with milagro designs.

Notes:  This is one of 100 limited edition copies, slipcased, unnumbered and unsigned.  The Museum of New Mexico Press also published a 200 copy, signed and numbered, slipcased edition.  Each edition features a bound-in, sterling silver milagro representing a traditional Mexican heart design, on a ribbon bookmark.  Bilingual,  English section first, then Spanish.  Three sections of color photos.  Milagros, or ex votos, come in every size, shape and color.  “Their sole function…is basically this: to fulfill a vow and thereby narrow the vertical gap between the devout and the powers that hold sway over human destiny.”  (From the Foreword)  VERY RARE.  NO other copies available for sale.