Coleccion de Ordenes y Decretos de la Soberano Junta Provisional Gubernativa, y Soberanos Congresos Generales de la Nacion Mexicana
Mexico City: 1829. Four volumes in two. [4],xv,[1],150; [6],xiv,220; [6],x,172; [8],viii,199pp. Contemporary marbled sheep, spines gilt tooled and lettered. Slightly later bookplates affixed to front pastedowns. Light scuffing and staining to leather; small geometric design etched into front board of first volume. Mild spotting and dust soiling; light tanning and occasional dampstaining internally. Still very good. Item #2920
"Segunda edicion, corregida y aumentada por una comision de la Camara de Diputados," of the first laws of the independent Mexico, before and following Iturbide's brief First Empire. The Mexican Congress ordered this edition printed after the first edition of session laws had been exhausted, and therefore it also contains the laws of the Congress from February to October 1822 and March 1823 to December 1824. However, the present volumes contain much additional material, including the laws and decrees of the Provisional Government Junta, which ruled from initial independence in 1821 until the installation of Congress in February 1822, previously published separately. More significantly, the session laws of the legislature from 1825 to 1829, previously unpublished, are printed as the final volume of this work. An important legal compilation in its own right and scarce on the market, with the example offered here being an unusually attractive set in contemporary binding.
Price: $1,250.00