Diario de un Testigo de la Guerra de Africa ... Con Vistas de Batallas, de Ciudades y Paisajes, Tipos, Trajes y Monumentos, con el Retrato del Autor y de los Principales Personajes Copiados de Fotografias y Croquis Ejecutados en el Memo Teatro de la Guerra

Madrid: Imprenta y Libreria de Gaspar y Roig, 1860. Early edition (Title pages dated 1859 have been seen but the text includes events of 1860). Portrait of the author. Abundantly illustrated with steel engravings throughout. Text printed in two columns. 317, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Twentieth century quarter morocco and marble boards. Spine toned; occasional tanning or foxing, a few isolated spots. Very good plus. Early edition (Title pages dated 1859 have been seen but the text includes events of 1860). Portrait of the author. Abundantly illustrated with steel engravings throughout. Text printed in two columns. 317, [3] pp. 1 vols. 4to. Author and playwright de Alarcon had enlisted in the Spanish army following a failed production in 1857; he wrote this important account of the Spanish military campaigns in Morocco in 1859-60. The peace treaty established the permanent cession of the enclaves of Ceuta and Mellila to Spain.
This eyewitness account covers the period from 17 December 1859 through the preparation of a draft treaty in March 1860 (it was signed in April), with an extensive appendix dated 1 July 1860.