Prisiones de Europa. Primera obra de esta clase en España, la más completa de las publicadas en Europa...su origen, personajes celebres que han gemido en ellas...escrita en vista de obras, documentos y datos fidelignos (sic) por una Sociedad Literaria. Barcelona: D. I. Lopez Bernagosi, 1862-1863 (Imp. de Luis Tasso)

European prisons. First work of this kind in Spain, the most complete of those published in Europe...its origin, famous people who have groaned in them...written in view of works, documents and reliable data by a Literary Society.
Barcelona: D. I. Lopez Bernagosi, 1862-1863 (Imp. of Luis Tasso)

24 x 16 cm. 2 vol. (848 p., 21 h. of plates, 1077 p., 40 h. of plates). Some pages in volume 2, with a slight brownish cast. Full leather binding. Overall in good condition.

Stories about the Citadel of Barcelona, the prisons of Madrid, the Inquisition of Seville, the Aljafería of Zaragoza, the Tower of London, the dungeons in Naples and Milan, etc. Stories based on works and documents by various authors of a Literary Society. They narrate the origin of some of them, the famous people who passed through them, traditions, revenge that occurred inside, etc. Palau 237676