[Rarebooks] FS: 1st English trans. of Figueroa's "Manifesto..." Zamorano 80, #37

[Kenneth Karmiole]

(CALIFORNIA) Figueroa, Jose. THE MANIFESTO Which the General of Brigade, Don Jose Figueroa... Makes to the Mexican Republic, in Regard to His Conduct... as Directors of Colonization in 1833 and 1834.  San Francisco: The San Francisco Herald Office. 1855. First edition in English. 8vo. 104,(2)pp. With the dedication leaf before the title. Fine copy in original black calf, gilt stamped, very lightly rubbed.  Small oval bookplate of  Herbert M. Evans on front pastedown. A few leaves lightly spotted, otherwise a near fine copy.    $4,500.00 (trade discount allowed)
First printed in Spanish (in Monterey) in 1835; it is the second California printed book, and the first one of importance. Figueroa, Governor and Commandante of Sonora and Sinaloa, and after 1833 the political head of Alta California, records and defends his administration 1833-1835. The 1835 original is extremely rare. The 1855 edition appears in both wrappers and our black calf. Zamorano 80 #37. Howes F122. Greenwood 562.

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