Feb 04, 2016 - Sale 2404

Sale 2404 - Lot 317

Price Realized: $ 5,500
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
(MEXICO.) Manuscript register of cattle brands in Baja California. 53 manuscript documents, each illustrated with a drawing of a cattle brand, bound together and numbered as 3-62 manuscript leaves. Folio, stitched; edge wear to a few leaves, minimal dampstaining. Baja California, 1862-67

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These cattle brand descriptions were registered in the Frontera Norte department of Baja California, near the border with the United States. Each names the rancher who registered the mark, and is signed by the president of the department, who was Cecilio Zerega for most of this period.