12mo. 254 pp., iii, Spanish text, 2 plans, full marbled calf, title gilt on raised & decorated spine, marbled end papers, red top edges, silk book marker, index, bookplate of Joaquin J. Giralt verso front cover, occasional foxing, otherwise copy in very good condition, Imprenta Espanola de D. Juan de la Granja, New York, first and only edition, 1833.

Synopsis

First and only edition entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1833, by Don Juan de la Granja, in the Clerk’s Office of the District Court of the United States for the Southern District of New York.
Juan de la Granja was a merchant businessman and Mexican diplomat of Spanish origin, mainly known for having installed the first electromagnetic telegraph in Mexico. The work is a travel account from embarking at Gibraltar, through to Sicily, Napoli, Roma, Corfu, San Marino, Milan and to Paris through Mont-Blanc. In the introduction, De La Granja mentions that unforeseen circumstances prevented him from carrying out his original plan to the full extent of his project.
Bibliographic ref: Palau 361558. CCPB 467936-9.