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                     SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                            Washington, D.C.  20549

                          ________________

                             240.13d-102
                                 SCHEDULE 13G

     INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN STATEMENTS FILED PURSUANT TO
(S)240.13D-1(b), (c) AND (d) AND AMENDMENTS THERETO FILED PURSUANT
TO (S)240.13D-2

                             (Amendment No.    )*
                                           -----

                             First Republic Bank
                  -------------------------------------------
                               (Name of Issuer)

                                 Common Stock
                  -------------------------------------------
                        (Title of Class of Securities)

                             336158100
                              ------------------
                                (CUSIP Number)

                         December 31, 1998
          --------------------------------------------------------
- ---
               Date of Event Which Requires Filing of this
Statement)

Check the appropriate box to designate the rule pursuant to which
this Schedule is filed:

          [x] Rule 13d-1(b)

          [_ Rule 13d-1(c)

          [_] Rule 13d-1(d)



*The remainder of this cover page shall be filled out for a
reporting person's
initial filing on this form with respect to the subject class of
securities, and
for any subsequent amendment containing information which would
alter the
disclosures provided in a prior cover page.

The information required in the remainder of this cover page shall
not be deemed
to be "filed" for the purpose of Section 18 of the Securities
Exchange Act of
1934 ("Act") or otherwise subject to the liabilities of that
section of the Act
but shall be subject to all other provisions of the Act (however,
see the
Notes).






<PAGE>
- ------------------------
  CUSIP NO. 336158100              13G
- ------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

      BankAmerica Corporation
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2
(a) [_]

(b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4    Delaware
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            -0-

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                            475,200

     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             -0-

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          475,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9
             475,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
10                                                          [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11
         5.40%

- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12    HC
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!
                                     Page 2
<PAGE>

- ------------------------
  CUSIP NO. 336158100              13G
- ------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

  NB Holdings Corporation
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2
(a) [_]

(b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4
 North Carolina
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            -0-

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                          475,200
     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             -0-

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          475,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9    475,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
10                                                     [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11       5.40%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12   HC
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


                                     Page 3
<PAGE>

- ------------------------
  CUSIP NO. 336158100              13G
- ------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

  NationsBank NA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2
(a) [_]

(b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4
  US National Banking Association
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            58,000

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                          417,200
     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             58,000

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          417,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9    475,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
10                                                [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11       5.40%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12    BK
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

                                     Page 4

<PAGE>

- ------------------------
  CUSIP NO. 336158100                    13G
- ------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

 TradeStreet Investment Associates
 -----------------------------------------------------------------
- --------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2
(a) [_]

(b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4
     North Carolina
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            417,200

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                          -0-
     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             417,200

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          -0-
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9    417,200
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
10                                                [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11     4.74%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12  IA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!


                                     Page 5
<PAGE>
- ------------------------
  CUSIP NO. 336158100              13G
- ------------------------
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      NAME OF REPORTING PERSON
 1    S.S. OR I.R.S. IDENTIFICATION NO. OF ABOVE PERSON

 NationsBanc Advisors Inc.
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK THE APPROPRIATE BOX IF A MEMBER OF A GROUP*
 2
(a) [_]

(b) [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      SEC USE ONLY
 3
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CITIZENSHIP OR PLACE OF ORGANIZATION
 4 North Carolina
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                          SOLE VOTING POWER
                     5
     NUMBER OF            -0-

      SHARES       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED VOTING POWER
   BENEFICIALLY      6
                            247,300

     OWNED BY
                   -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
       EACH               SOLE DISPOSITIVE POWER
                     7
    REPORTING             -0-

      PERSON       -----------------------------------------------
- ------------
                          SHARED DISPOSITIVE POWER
       WITH          8
                          247,300
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      AGGREGATE AMOUNT BENEFICIALLY OWNED BY EACH REPORTING PERSON
 9
      247,300
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      CHECK BOX IF THE AGGREGATE AMOUNT IN ROW (9) EXCLUDES
CERTAIN SHARES*
10                                                          [_]
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      PERCENT OF CLASS REPRESENTED BY AMOUNT IN ROW 9
11
         2.81%
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
      TYPE OF REPORTING PERSON*
12   IA
- ------------------------------------------------------------------
- -------------
                     *SEE INSTRUCTION BEFORE FILLING OUT!

                                      Page 6
<PAGE>

Item 1  (a)  Name of Issuer:            First Republic Bank

        (b)  Address of Issuer's        388 Market St., 2nd Fl.
             Principal Executive        San Francisco, CA 94111
           Offices:


Item 2  (a)  Names of Person Filing:
                              BankAmerica Corporation (BAC)*
                              NB Holdings Corporation
                              NationsBank NA
                              NationsBanc Advisors Inc. (NBAI)
                              TradeStreet Investments Associates
(TS)

        (b)  Address of Principal
           Business Offices:       BankAmerica Corporation (BAC)
                                          NB Holdings Corp.
                                          NationsBanc Advisors
Inc.
                                          TradeStreet Investments
Associates
                                          100 North Tryon St.
                                          Charlotte, NC 28255

                                          NationsBank NA
                                          110 South Tryon Street
                                          Charlotte, NC 28255

        (c)  Citizenship:
                        BankAmerica Corporation
Delaware
                        NB Holdings Corp                    North
Carolina
                        NationsBank NA                 US National
Bank
                        NationsBanc Advisors Inc.      North
Carolina
                        TradeStreet Investments Associates  North
Carolina

        (d)  Title of Class of            Common Stock
             Securities:


        (e)  CUSIP Number:              336158100


*    On September 30, 1998, BankAmerica Corporation, a Delaware
corporation merged with and into NationsBank Corporation, which
was the surviving corporation in the Merger and then changed its
name to "BankAmerica Corporation" ("BankAmerica").  As a result of
the mergers, BankAmerica succeeded to the assets and liabilities
of both NationsBank and Old BankAmerica.  Additional information
regarding these mergers is set forth in NationsBank's Current
Report on Form 8-K filed April 17, 1998, as amended.

          BankAmerica is a bank holding company registered under
the Bank Holding Company Act of 1956, as amended, with its
principal executive offices located in Charlotte, North Carolina.


                                    Page 7

<PAGE>
Item 3       If this statement is filed pursuant to Rules 13d-1(b)
or 13d-2(b)
           or (c), check whether the person filing is a:

             (a) [_]   Broker or Dealer registered under Section
15 of the Act
                    (15 U.S.C. 78o)

             (b) [X]   Bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
Act (15 U.S.C.
                    78c)

             (c) [_]   Insurance Company as defined in Section
3(a)(19) of the
                       Act (15 U.S.C. 78c)

             (d) [_]   Investment Company registered under Section
8 of the
                       Investment Company Act (15 U.S.C. 80a-8)

           (e) [X]   An investment adviser in accordance with
(S)240.13d-
                    1(b)(1)(ii)(E)

             (f) [_]   An employee benefit plan or endowment fund
in accordance
                    with (S)240.13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(F)

             (g) [x]   A parent holding company or control person
in accordance
                    with (S)240.13d-1(b)(ii)(G)

           (h) [_]   A savings association as defined in Section
3(b) of the
                    Federal Deposit Insurance Act (12 U.S.C. 1813)

           (i) [_]   A church plan that is excluded from the
definition of an
                    investment company under section 3(c)(14) of
the
                    Investment Company Act of 1940 (15 U.S.C. 80a-
3)

           (j) [_]   Group, in accordance with (S)240.13d-
1(b)(1)(ii)(J)


If this statement is filed pursuant to (S)240.13d-1(c), check this
box. [_]

Item 4       *Ownership

             With respect to the beneficial ownership of the
reporting entity as      of 12-31-98, see Items 5 through 11,
inclusive, of the respective cover      pages of this Schedule 13G
applicable to such entity which are     incorporated herein by
reference.
__________

*    By virtue of the corporate relationships between Reporting
Persons as
     described in Item 7, BAC (the parent company) may be deemed
to possess
     indirect beneficial ownership of shares beneficially owned
directly by its
     subsidiaries. Similarly, higher tier BAC subsidiaries may be
deemed to      possess indirect beneficial ownership of shares
beneficially owned  directly by lower tier BAC subsidiaries. The
power to vote and to dispose  of shares may be deemed to be shared
between entities due to their      corporate relationships.


                                    Page 8

<PAGE>

Item 5       Ownership of Five Percent or Less of a Class.

             If this statement is being filed to report the fact
that as of the
             date hereof the reporting person has ceased to be the
beneficial
             owner of more than five percent of the class of
securities, check
             the following [_]

Item 6       Ownership of More than Five Percent on Behalf of
Another Person.

             Not Applicable.


Item 7       Identification and Classification of the Subsidiaries
Which
             Acquired the Security Being Reported on by the Parent
Holding
             Company.

 Pursuant to Rule 13d-1(b)(1)(ii)(G) of the Securities Exchange
Act of 1934, BankAmerica Corporation is filing this Form 13G as a
parent holding company of the following:
1. NB Holdings Corporation, which is a holding company of its
subsidiaries:
     NationsBank NA a bank as defined in Section 3(a)(6) of the
Securities     Exchange Act of 1934.

     NationsBanc Advisors Inc. a registered Investment Advisor
under Section  203 of the Investment Advisors Act of 1940.

     TradeStreet Investment Associates Inc. a registered
Investment Advisor  under Section 203 of the Investment Advisors
Act of 1940.

Item 8       Identification and Classification of Members of the
Group.

             Not Applicable.


Item 9       Notice of Dissolution of Group.

             Not Applicable.
















                                        Page 9

<PAGE>
Item 10     Certification.

[x]       By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and
          belief, the securities referred to above were acquired
and are held
          in the ordinary course of business and were not acquired
and are             not held for the purpose of or with the effect
of changing or
          influencing the control of the issuer of the securities
and were            not acquired and are not held in connection
with or as a                  participant in any transaction
having that purpose or effect.               (13d-1(b)).

[_]       By signing below I certify that, to the best of my
knowledge and            belief, the securities referred to above
were not acquired and are          not held for the purpose of or
with the effect of changing or               influencing the
control of the issuer of the securities and were            not
acquired and are not held in connection with or as a
          participant in any transaction having that purpose or
effect.             (13d-1(c)).

    After reasonable inquiry and to the best of my knowledge and
belief, the
undersigned certify that the information set forth in this
statement is true,
complete and correct.


Dated: February 1, 1999

     BANKAMERICA CORPORATION*
     NB HOLDINGS CORP
     NATIONSBANK NA
     TRADESTREET INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES
     NATIONSBANC ADVISORS INC.





*By: /s/ STEPHEN A DOYLE

     Stephen A Doyle
     Vice President
     Corporate Compliance













                              Page 10

<PAGE>

                                   EXHIBIT A
                                   ---------

                             JOINT FILING AGREEMENT
                             ----------------------


     The undersigned hereby agree that they are filing this
statement jointly
pursuant to Rule 13d-1(f)(1).  Each of them is responsible for the
timely filing
of such Schedule 13G and any amendments thereto, and for the
completeness and
accuracy of the information concerning such person contained
therein; but none
of them is responsible for the completeness or accuracy of the
information
concerning the other persons making the filing, unless such person
knows or has
reason to believe that such information is inaccurate.


Date: February 1, 1999

     BANKAMERICA CORPORATION*
     NB HOLDINGS CORP
     NATIONSBANK NA
     TRADESTREET INVESTMENT ASSOCIATES
     NATIONSBANC ADVISORS INC.




*By: /s/ STEPHEN A DOYLE

     Stephen A Doyle
     Vice President
     Corporate Compliance











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