Voyage en Espagne, fait dans les années 1786 et 1787

First edition, very rare, without the atlas published separately. Translated from English from the second edition by Pictet-Mallet.
Contemporary full flamed sheep bindings. Smooth spines decorated with 2 different tools, roulettes and a large grotesque compartment. Red morocco title labels, and black morocco volume labels. Headcaps of volumes 2 and 3 partly worn away; a slight lack at tail of volume 3. Lower joint of volume 1 largely split along its length; upper joint of volume 2 cracked at head and tail. Rubbing. Good copy.
Picturesque travel account beginning with Figueres and the Pyrenees, Barcelona and its surroundings, Madrid, Zaragoza, Aranjuez and Toledo, the Asturias, Salamanca, Seville, Cadiz, Malaga, Granada, Cartagena, Alicante, Valencia. The volumes contain numerous considerations on agriculture, politics, industry, commerce and the customs of the Spanish... This journey was published at the time when French attention was turned toward Spain due to the Napoleonic wars, the capitulation of Madrid dating from December 1808. Tables of Spanish currencies and revenues.