Nov 21 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2687 -

Sale 2687 - Lot 305

Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO.) Constitucion politica del Estado Libre de Chihuahua. 32 pages. Small 8vo, decorative wrappers, minor wear; moderate dampstaining. Chihuahua: Francisco Carrasco, 1826

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A reprinting of the constitution of the free state of Chihuahua, which then included the future city of El Paso, TX. Page 5 declares an end to slavery. Eberstadt, offering one in 1965 for $600, wrote "Very rare, and one of the earliest and crudest imprints to come from the Chihuahua press." This edition not in Palau (cf. 59717-8). 2 in OCLC.