[First free Mexican Congress creating the government & two important degrees on the formation of Texas] Coleccion de los decretos y ordenes del soberano Congreso mexicano, desde su instalacion en 24. de febrero de 1822, hasta 30. de octubre de 1823, en que cesó. Se imprime de orden de su soberania

This item is currently on reserve; please contact dealer for more details.México: Imprenta del Supremo Gobierno de los Estados Unidos Mexicanos, en palacio, 1825. First edition. Three quarter calf over marbled boards, fivr compartments, gilt spine labels. About very good, slight split to front board, rear board with bump and split, spine rubbed with label removed from lower compartment, corners rubbed, institutional library stamp on title page with accession date on verso, otherwise tight, contents clean and unmarked.. [1], xxvi, 221, xi, [errata 2] pp. Woodcuts: vignette on last page of basket of grains and fruit, flanked by plow and rake. 8vo. "First edition of the first decrees of the first independent Mexican Congress" (Harper), establishing the foundation of the Mexico government and its constitution and including two important degrees related to the Anglo-American inroads into Mexico leading to the eventual formation of the state of Texas. The first of these decrees dated April 11, 1823, confirms Stephen Austin's right to establish 300 families in Texas, which would become the beginnings of the U.S. settlement of Texas, while the second grants them duty free trade. An important document for the formation of both modern Mexico and the eventual state of Texas. Palau 56388. Harper: 220a-116.