(MEXICO 1840) Garcia Diego Francisco Carta pastoral que el

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THE WAGNER-STREETER-HOWELL-MATHES COPY (MEXICO--1840.) Garcia Diego, Francisco. Carta pastoral que el . . . primer Obispo de Californias, dirige a los RR.PP. misioneros y a sus diocesanos. 12 pages. 8vo, later marbled wrappers; dampstaining and tasteful repairs to bottom edge without loss of text; small Streeter bookplate and extensive pencil notes inside front wrapper, small inked "MM" stamps on verso of title and final page. In modern 1/4 morocco tray case. México: Galván, 1840

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The first pastoral letter from the first Bishop of California. Describes his 1836 journey to México to establish the diocese, and laments the lack of a schools. Cowan 1933, page 169; not in Palau. Provenance: Henry Wagner to Thomas W. Streeter, 1937; Parke-Bernet's Streeter sale, 23 April 1968, lot IV:2494; Butterfield-Swann's John Howell sale, 14 February 1985, lot 164. No other copies known at auction.