Novel based on a diary and oral reports given to the author by a Swiss compatriot, Heinrich Stauffacher of Glarus, about his voyage from Trieste to Messina, undertaken in 1807. Story ends with the two main characters emigrating to the United States.

Lithographed title page.

Signatures: pi1 2pi⁴ 1-22⁸ 23² (-23₂; pi1 verso, 1₁ verso blank)

Pages 257-258 misnumb.: "157-158"

Preface (p. [3-10], 1st count) consists of an exchange of letters between the author and his friend Karl von Bonstetten in Geneva; the letters are dated Aarau, 7 Dec. 1829 and Genf, 10 Dec. 1829.

The Harold Jantz Collection at Duke Univ. 41.

John Carter Brown Library copy bound in contemporary paper boards.