Mar 18, 2010 - Sale 2207

Sale 2207 - Lot 402

Price Realized: $ 1,320
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Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO.) Decree branding the former Emperor as a traitor. 2 printed pages on one sheet, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4 inches; left edge reinforced on verso, several small worm holes and binding holes, some filled on verso, small marginal tear of one corner. Mexico, 28 April 1824
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Agustin de Iturbide's ten-month reign as the Emperor of Mexico ended with his flight to Europe in March 1823. By this document, the provisional ruling triumvirate announced the decree of Congress: "Se declara traidor y fuera de la ley á D. Agustin de Iturbide . . . por el mismo hecho declarado enemigo público del Estado." When Iturbide returned to Mexico later that year, he was promptly executed by authority of this same decree.
In the upper left corner is printed the standard heading "Primera Secretaria de Estado. Seccion de Gobierno," and the main text begins "El Supremo poder Ejecutivo me ha dirigido el decreto que sigue." It is signed in type by Pablo de la Llave. Although the text of this decree is known to historians, no other copies of this contemporary printing have been traced in bibliographies or auction records. This copy was offered by William H. Allen, Bookseller, in catalogue 255 circa 1980-83, and is being sold by the estate of Maury Bromsen.