THE FIRST SCHOOL BOOK PRINTED IN CALIFORNIA WITH AN EXACT FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE UNIQUE COPY IN THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY. [Tablas Para Los Ninos Que Empiezan A Contar.]

Romero, Jose Mariano (attributed author). Carey S. Bliss [Carey Stillman Bliss], 1914-1994 (Introduction). Zamorano Club; Roxburghe Club. Richard J. Hoffman and John Urabec (printers). Agustin Vicente Zamorano, 1798-1842 (original printer).

Published by Los Angeles, CA: The Zamorano Club, September 1976.

About this Item

LIMITED EDITION OF 200 UNNUMBERED COPIES. 13, [1], [1] pages. Hardcover: H 26cm x L 18.25cm. No dust jacket (as issued). Brown cloth; gilt stamped lettering to spine; paper title label affixed to front board. Slight foxing/toning to endpapers; touch of soiling to rear pastedown; interior bold white leaves are otherwise clean. Binding is firm. Yellow wrappers string-bound facsimile book present in front pastedown pocket. Rear colophon specifies that book is one of "200 copies printed for the members of the Roxburghe Club by their friends of the Zamorano Club . . . September 1976 in San Francisco. Printed by Richard J. Hoffman and John Urabec at California State University, Los Angeles on their all-rag hand made paper." The book was published by the Zamorano Club which was named in honor of Agustin Vicente Zamorano (1798-1842), the first printer in California who established a print shop in Monterey in the summer of 1834. Zamorano's first book was "Manifiesto a la Republica Mejicana" issued in 1835. "Tablas Para Los Ninos Que Empiezan A Contar" was issued in 1836.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: THE FIRST SCHOOL BOOK PRINTED IN CALIFORNIA WITH AN EXACT FACSIMILE REPRODUCTION OF THE UNIQUE COPY IN THE HUNTINGTON LIBRARY. [Tablas Para Los Ninos Que Empiezan A Contar.]
• Publisher: Los Angeles, CA: The Zamorano Club, September 1976.
• Binding: Soft cover
• Seller catalogs:
  • Americana-Regional