Figueroa, José

The Manifesto, which the General of Brigade ... makes to the Mexican Republic, in regard to his conduct and that of the Snrs. D. José Maria de Hijars and D. José Maria Padres, as Directors of Colonization in 1833 and 1834. San Francisco: Printed at the Herald Office, 1855



In 8s (8 3/8 x 5 1/4 in.; 213 x 134 mm). Preliminary dedication leaf. Original purple sheep gilt, red-sprinked edges; endpapers foxed, extremities a little rubbed.

Cowan, p. 210; Graff 1320; Greenwood 562; Streeter sale 5:2784; Zamorano 80 37 note

First edition in English of the first substantial book printed in California, which was issued from the press of Agustín Zamorano just twenty years earlier.