Memorias para la Historia la Guerra de Tejas.
Mexico: Imprenta de Ignacio Cumplido, 1849.
Price:
$6,500.00
First Cumplido Edition. 511,[3];267pp. 2 vols. 8vo. Volumes: 2. Contemporary calf-backed marbled boards. Minor toning. Very good. Basic Texas Books 62; Howes F126, "b"; Palau 91612; Raines p.82; Sabin 24324; Reese, Best of the West 107.
Item #370865
"This is the best account by a Mexican contemporary of the American conquest of Texas. Eugene C. Barker called it 'the only comprehensive history of the colonization of Texas and the Texas Revolution from the most important sources on Texas from the 1820's through 1837'" (Jenkins).
The "Rafael edition," published in 1848, chronicled affairs in Texas through April 1836. The present "Cumplido" edition includes some material which appeared in the Rafael edition, but is essentially an entirely new work relating events from March 1836 through July 1837. The author was a key officer under Iturbide, and at times served as commander-in-chief and as secretary of war. He was second in command to Santa Anna during the invasion of Texas in 1835, and a commander in the Mexican War.
"His account of the Texas Revolution, especially as given in the Cumplido edition, is particularly valuable regarding the siege of the Alamo, the invasion of the Texas interior, the retreat after San Jacinto, and the attempted reinvasion of Texas in the winter of 1836-1837. The volumes...are enriched with scores of original documents and military orders unavailable elsewhere" (Jenkins).
Item #370865
"This is the best account by a Mexican contemporary of the American conquest of Texas. Eugene C. Barker called it 'the only comprehensive history of the colonization of Texas and the Texas Revolution from the most important sources on Texas from the 1820's through 1837'" (Jenkins).
The "Rafael edition," published in 1848, chronicled affairs in Texas through April 1836. The present "Cumplido" edition includes some material which appeared in the Rafael edition, but is essentially an entirely new work relating events from March 1836 through July 1837. The author was a key officer under Iturbide, and at times served as commander-in-chief and as secretary of war. He was second in command to Santa Anna during the invasion of Texas in 1835, and a commander in the Mexican War.
"His account of the Texas Revolution, especially as given in the Cumplido edition, is particularly valuable regarding the siege of the Alamo, the invasion of the Texas interior, the retreat after San Jacinto, and the attempted reinvasion of Texas in the winter of 1836-1837. The volumes...are enriched with scores of original documents and military orders unavailable elsewhere" (Jenkins).
