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Auction archive: Lot number 241

TEXAS] [LANGWORTHY, ASAHEL]. The Constitution of the Republic of Mexico, and of the State of Coahuila & Texas. Containing also...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,000
Auction archive: Lot number 241

TEXAS] [LANGWORTHY, ASAHEL]. The Constitution of the Republic of Mexico, and of the State of Coahuila & Texas. Containing also...

Estimate
US$1,500 - US$2,500
Price realised:
US$1,000
Beschreibung:

TEXAS] [LANGWORTHY, ASAHEL]. The Constitution of the Republic of Mexico, and of the State of Coahuila & Texas. Containing also... . New York: Ludewig & Tolefree, 1832. Half green cloth, marbled sides. 8 x 4 7/8 inches (20 x 12.5 cm); 113, [1] pp. Stamp and accession mark of the Bar Association, some pale marginal dampstaining, relatively free from the usual foxing, generally a sound copy. With the name of Wm. Duval in ink at the head of the title; the Duvals were a prominent family in the early days of Texas. Langworthy was a lawyer in New York City, who became a land speculator. He purchased a hundred thousand acres of land from the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company. Eberstadt 162:478: "An extremely early and important work on Texas, including documents relating to the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company...and a description of the grants made in 1831 to the Arkansas and Texas Land Company." Howes C504; Streeter Texas 1130. C The New York City Bar Association

Auction archive: Lot number 241
Auction:
Datum:
24 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

TEXAS] [LANGWORTHY, ASAHEL]. The Constitution of the Republic of Mexico, and of the State of Coahuila & Texas. Containing also... . New York: Ludewig & Tolefree, 1832. Half green cloth, marbled sides. 8 x 4 7/8 inches (20 x 12.5 cm); 113, [1] pp. Stamp and accession mark of the Bar Association, some pale marginal dampstaining, relatively free from the usual foxing, generally a sound copy. With the name of Wm. Duval in ink at the head of the title; the Duvals were a prominent family in the early days of Texas. Langworthy was a lawyer in New York City, who became a land speculator. He purchased a hundred thousand acres of land from the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company. Eberstadt 162:478: "An extremely early and important work on Texas, including documents relating to the Galveston Bay and Texas Land Company...and a description of the grants made in 1831 to the Arkansas and Texas Land Company." Howes C504; Streeter Texas 1130. C The New York City Bar Association

Auction archive: Lot number 241
Auction:
Datum:
24 Nov 2014
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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