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(MEXICO) - José López Portillo y Rojas. El Monoteísmo de los Hebreos [“The Monotheism of the Hebrews.”]. First edition. pp. 52. Original printed wrappers, light wear. 8vo. Talleres Tipográficos de “El Tiempo”, México: 1907. José López Portillo y Rojas (1850-1923) was a Mexican lawyer, politician and man of letters. He served as Governor of Jalisco in 1911 and as Secretary of Foreign Affairs in 1914 for coup leader and Mexican President Victoriano Huerta, during the United States occupation of Veracruz. He served as Director of the Mexican Academy of Language from 1916-23. Mexico : See also Lots 113, 114, 128, 170, 195-199, 246.