Apr 16, 2019 - Sale 2505

Sale 2505 - Lot 38

Price Realized: $ 2,125
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
(CALIFORNIA.) Figueroa, José. The Manifesto which the General of Brigade . . . Makes to the Mexican Republic. 104, [1] pages. 8vo, original wrappers, stitch holes, pencil notes, moderate wear; foxing. In slipcase. [San Francisco]: Herald Office, 1855
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A translation of the 1835 original, which was described by Howes as the first significant book printed in California. "Written by Figueroa to expose the state of affairs in California and to place on record a history of his administration of the territory, and a defense of his acts and policies during the period from 1833-1835"--Greenwood California 562. Cowan California page 86; Howes F122. Provenance: Parke-Bernet's Henry Plath sale, 20 October 1959, lot 398.