Cipriano Montesino, Second - BREAKING OF THE ISTHMUS OF SUEZ

National Printing Office, Madrid, 1857. "Memoir presented to His Majesty's Government concerning the union of the Red Sea to the Mediterranean by means of a maritime canal." Original covers preserved. Title page + VIII + 636 pp. + 1 fold-out table on p. 534 (Table of ships entering and leaving the ports of the Peninsula and Balearic Islands in 1855). 2 separate illustrations, engraved and lithographed by JMTorres: Map of the Isthmus of Suez and sketch of the port; Profile of the Isthmus. Half-leather binding with raised bands and gilt lettering, red in color, with cloth boards. Paper in good condition, uncut. Ref. Palau 178965. Cipriano Segundo Montesino y Estrada (1817-1901), a Spanish engineer and politician, was a civil engineer, having graduated from the School of Arts and Manufactures in Paris. He had previously been a professor of Mechanics and Physics at the Conservatory of Arts. He was also a member of several national and international scientific societies and served as Director General of Public Works. He was awarded the Grand Cross of Charles III. He represented Spain on the International Commission for the Suez Canal.