La Revista del Vigía. Ano 4, no. 1, 1993
Matanzas, Cuba: Ediciones Vigía
One of 200 copies.
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Quarto. 86pp. An issue in homage to Ernesto Triolet, who founded a French drugstore in Matanzas in 1882. With additional pergamino (folded broadside) laid in, also one of 200 copies...
Quarto. 86pp. An issue in homage to Ernesto Triolet, who founded a French drugstore in Matanzas in 1882. With additional pergamino (folded broadside) laid in, also one of 200 copies and editioned as part of this issue of the press's house magazine. Ediciones Vigía developed the magazine, which was its largest publishing enterprise, in order to platform a greater variety of writers and artists, both Cuban and not. Particular to this issue is the inclusion of various drugstore item labels, making this a de facto archive of an important part of Matanzas' cultural (and colonial) history. Bound in stiff wrappers with drug labels, including originals from Triolet's store, collaged with printed titles. Modest exterior rubbing, faint instances of soiling, else very good. Also laid in is the issue-specific bookmark. Early issues of the magazine are quite rare.