Luis Abadiano y Valdés (born José María Ygnacio Luis Obispo Sotero Gonzaga Abadiano y Valdés; baptised 22 April 1789[1] – 11 October 1854)[2] was a Mexican printer and publisher in Mexico City, one in a long line of printers, publishers, booksellers and book collectors traceable back to the famous Humanist and bibliographer Juan José de Eguiara y Eguren, founder of the printing house Biblioteca Mexicana (Mexican Library) in 1753.
In 1816 he published the classic bibliography, José Mariano Beristáin y Sousa's Biblioteca Americana Septentrional.
Following Mexican independence in 1821, Valdés became imperial printer for the government of Agustín de Iturbide, for the printing of official documents.
In 1836 Luis Abadiano published the following invitation (given in part): "In December 1836 will be presented with new brilliance the glory that was given to our America in 1531.
Perhaps there will never be seen a procession so solemn and edifying as that which is being prepared for this event, which will be proceeded and accompanied by the most affectionate and fervent orations in all of the Republic.
The highly religious and conservative Abadiano family also dealt extensively in books and pamphlets related to the Church in Mexico.
During the secular reforms of 1857 through 1861, many of the books and manuscripts of the libraries of Mexico City convents were transferred to the Abadianos or purchased by them and held in trust with the intent of restoring them at a future date.
Sutro (or his agents) acquired everything that remained of the firm — individual titles published from the sixteenth to the mid-19th centuries, the largest collection of 19th-century Mexican pamphlets and ephemera in the world, an extraordinary collection of imprints and manuscripts relating to the Church in Mexico, and publisher's remainders dating from as far back as the mid-18th century.
Sutro also bought the Abadiano ledgers, receipt books and galley proofs dating from the late 18th century.