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Members of our family printed books in the past so that was an inspiration, to continue the tradition. We created this company to be a brand of culture.

Our digital world goes faster than ever and nothing remains of it, but books are the solid part of our past and present.

They also are beauty, design and functionality. For us, books are a matter of intellect and emotion, of heritage and innovation. Because of decreased visibility in print publications whose distribution has dramatically plummeted and the rise of digital media and “influencers,” editorial brands need a “tangible” product to define their DNA and position themselves in the marketplace. This presents an opportunity for brands to describe their heritage, define their style and bring their creations to life for their international clientele as well as the business world.

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Books constitute capital. A library book lasts as long as a house, for hundreds of years. It is not, then, an article of mere consumption but fairly of capital, and often in the case of professional men, setting out in life, it is their only capital.

Thomas Jefferson

Francisco López-Portillo y de Camberos

https://openlibrary.org/authors/OL4278170A/Francisco_L%C3%B3pez-Portillo_y_de_Camberos

1713 - 1766

He was born in the town of Xalisco, New Galicia (nowadays Xalisco belongs to the State of Nayarit, Mexico); son of Don Francisco López-Portillo y Carrera del Valle and Doña Rosalía de Camberos y Liñán de la Cueva.

He moved to Guatemala City where he graduated with a Law degree from the University of San Carlos, joining the public service and becoming the Mayor and Treasurer of Guatemala (1742-47); in1747 he was appointed Senator (Oidor) of the Royal Senate (Real Audiencia) of Guadalajara in the Kingdom of New Galicia, a post that he occupied until 1764, when he held the same post for the Royal Senate of Mexico City in the Kingdom of New Spain (1764-66). In 1766 he was appointed as Royal Examiner (Visitador) for the Kingdom of Peru. He married with Doña Micaela de Zavala y de Uria, with two sons. He was a prestigious Attorney at Law, author, man of letters and speaker, fluent in Latin.

His work has been mentioned by many historians like David A. Brading.

His Ex-Libris (book plate) has been catalogued by authors like Felipe Teixidor and Ernesto de la Torre Villar.

His oil on canvas portrait remained in the Portrait Gallery of his descendant, José Antonio Gutiérrez de la Concha Hernández Díaz de la Pedraja y López-Portillo until 1998; it was first published by Francisco-Xavier López-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones in his book "Isn't Life Wonderful?" (2002), p. 215. (See a reference about it at: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13520369M).

Don Francisco López-Portilo y de Camberos also sponsored the work of Don Sigismundo Taraval S.J. "El milagro más visible o el milagro de los milagros más patente. La Santísima Cruz de Tepique. Descripción histórica de su situación, materia, forma, medidas y demás circunstancias que la forman." (See: http://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Segismundo_Taraval).

Don Francisco López-Portillo also contributed in the work "El Llanto de las Virtudes en las exequias del Illmo. y Rmo. Señor D. Fr. Antonio de Guadalupe Lopez Portillo, del Consejo de S.M. Principe Assitente al Sacro Solio Pontificio, y Obispo de Comayagua, Provincia de Honduras" written by Juan García de Alva (See: http://openlibrary.org/books/OL13520375M)

Phonetic note:

L.P Y L.J means:

Lopez-Portillo y Lancaster-Jones

Lopez-Portillo-Spanish

pronunciation: [lopes poɾˈtiʝo]*

Y- Spanish (means ‘and’)

Semivowels

Y- Examples: English approximation yet [j ciudad, rey yet]

Lancaster-Jones (that's English, of course!)

*https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Help:IPA/Spanish