La encuadernación del impreso antiguo en México: reflexiones sobre un problema de conocimiento patrimonial

BOOKBINDING IS ONE OF THE DISTINCTIVE HISTORICAL ELEMENTS WHICH SUPPORT CULTURAL VALUE OF RARE BOOKS AS PATRIMONIAL OBJECTS. ANALYSIS OF BOOKBINDING AS A KNOWLEDGE PROBLEM IS A PENDING TASK IN MEXICAN HISTORY, ALTHOUGH THERE CERTAINLY ARE PREVIOUS PAPERS WHICH SHOW ITS CULTURAL VALUE. HOWEVER THOSE INCOMPLETE INITIATIVES HAVE ALLOWED THE DESTRUCTION OF MANY IMPORTANT BOOKBINDINGS, A FACT EQUIVALENT WITH THE MUTILATION OF THE MESSAGE FROM THE PAST. TODAY'S TENDENCIES ON BOOKBINDING STUDY IN MEXICO ARE ANALYZED AND ITS IMPORTANCE AS A PATRIMONIAL ELEMENT IS DEFINED.