HERNANDEZ, José. El gaucho Martín Fierro. Por José Hernandez. Decima quinta edicion. Con un total de 62,000 ejemplares, equivalente á 62 ediciones de 1,000 números cada una desde 1872 hasta 1894.
Precedida de varios juicios críticos emitidos á propósito de la primera y adornada con cinco láminas y el retrato del autor. Buenos Aires: Librería Martín Fierro 1894 Later cloth, Roy.8vo. 2,xliii,31pp. 5 plates. Bound with: La vuelta de Martin Fierro. Novena ed. adornada con diez laminas. Buenos Aires: Librería Martín Fierro 1897. 60pp. illustrations. ‘Martín Fierro is a 2,316 line epic poem by the Argentine writer José Hernández. The poem was originally published in two parts, El Gaucho Martín Fierro (1872) and La Vuelta de Martín Fierro (1879). The poem supplied a historical link to the gauchos’ contribution to the national development of Argentina, for the gaucho had played a major role in Argentina’s independence from Spain.’ – Wikipedia. “…it is [Martín Fierro] a story about valour, not a story about intelligence and much less about morals.” – Roberto Bolaño about Martín Fierro. Both parts with the publisher’s wrappers bound-in, encased in a contemporary maroon cloth with the bookplate of Sir Robert Montresor Jackson, Bart.