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[Mexican Constitution] Bases y Leyes Constitucionales de la Republica Mexicana, Decretadas por el Congreso General...
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Description
[Mexican Constitution] Bases y Leyes Constitucionales de la Republica Mexicana, Decretadas por el Congreso General de la Nacion en el Año de 1836. Mexico: Imprenta del Aguila, 1837. 16mo (5.75" x 3.75"). 127pp. Contemporary vertically ribbed red morocco over boards. Gilt designs to boards and spine. Marbled endpapers. All edges gilt. Wear to spine ends. Some worming, unaffecting the text block. Contemporary inked name "Iturbide" to title page. Some shelf wear. Very good.Adopted the year of Texas independence, this constitution abolished Mexico's federal constitution of 1824 and basically gave unlimited power to Santa Anna - in appointing governors at will and in quashing uprisings and dissent, for instance - making him, in effect, a dictator. It also divided Texas from Coahuila and, through numerous laws and decrees, it severely limited the rights of the Texian colonists. Texians and Tejanos were not the only ones whose previously-held rights had been stripped away - the Mexicans themselves were outraged by this new constitution. The ire and animosity caused by these new laws - and the desire to preserve those rights lost - especially inflamed and provoked the colonists and was a prime cause of the Texas Revolution. As such, this constitution is a document as important in the history of Texas as it in the history of Mexico.
Reference: Sabin 48303. Streeter Sale 238.
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2009 November Signature Texana Auction #6028 (go to Auction Home page)
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November, 2009
21st
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