Broadside (309 x 210 mm). Woodcut vignette of an eagle holding a shield at head. (Horizontal crease, small marginal inkspot.)  Provenance: Darrel Brown (sold Heritage, December 2007).

RARE PROSPECTUS FOR AN EARLY TEXAS NEWSPAPER

Gaceta was first printed on Friday, 11 January 1833 and was published through 1835.  Though the printing schedule changed often, copies were initially issued every Monday and Friday, and readers could get copies for "un peso cada mes, para la capital, y diez reales para afuera franco de porte" [one peso each month, for the capital, and ten reals for outside carriage-free].  The prospectus cites a need for a newspaper in the region that would keep readers well-informed about both local and national news.  Gaceta was well-read, but its popularity was challenged by Diario del Gobierno, a government publication which was released at about the same time.  Copies of Gaceta are known in only two institutional collections: the Saltillo Archives, and the Texas State Library.  VERY RARE: According to online records, this is the only copy of this prospectus to appear on the market at auction.  Not in Charno; not in Streeter. CHECK STREETER.