Jun 21, 2016 - Sale 2420

Sale 2420 - Lot 292

Price Realized: $ 15,000
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 2,500 - $ 3,500
(TEXAS.) [Barreiro, Miguel.] Resumen instructivo, que publica el comisario de division del exército de operaciones sobre Tejas. 36 pages plus 2 tables. 4to, modern 1/2 morocco; small dampstain on inner margin just touching text, a few pencil marks in margins. Matamoros, TX: Mercurio a cargo de J. Southwell, 1837
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"In the fall of 1836 the Mexican government attempted, with complete lack of success, another expedition into Texas. This is an account by Barreiro of carrying out his duties as Comisario General del Exército del Norte"--Streeter sale I:357. Barreiro concludes that the "ridículo" Texan rebels were far less dangerous than the hostile desert terrain: "No es el número del exército de Tejas el temible. Bien despreciable y ridículo es ese peloton de aventureros, que piensan que es como andar en cacerias de fieras haberselas con veteranos valientes y aguerridos: es el clima, son los desiertos horrorosos, son los rios invadeables, son los pantanos . . ." Palau 24651; Streeter, Texas 918. No other copies have been traced on the auction market since Streeter's in 1966.