[Galli, C.]

Oblong folio (280 x 376mm.), lithographed introductory leaf of text, colour lithographed map of Uruguay, plan of Montevideo, and 53 collotypes, comprising 25 large photographs (175 x 236mm.) mounted individually and 28 smaller photographs (86 x 109mm.) mounted 4 per page, all on card, recto only, red lithographed border and caption on the mount, publisher's purple cloth, upper cover with Uruguayan arms and title stamped in gilt, small nick to some card mounts, binding discoloured and with some minor waterstains, slight wear to extremities

Rare photographic views of the port of Montevideo, capital of Uruguay, mostly showing the city's architecture and street views. Founded in 1726, by 1875 the city already had a population of 110,000 and had become one of finest urban and commercial centres of South America. The introduction, dated January 1875, suggests that this officially-sponsored volume is the first attempt to produce a photographic album of Montevideo, which is considered long overdue. The title is taken from the upper cover.