Italy. Handbook for Travellers, First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, the Island of Corsica, and Routes through France, Switzerland, and Austria

Karl Baedeker

Published by Karl Baedeker, Leipsic, 1879

About this Item

A smart early edition of this Baedeker travel guide to Northern Italy, complete with maps and plans. The fifth remodelled edition.In the original red cloth binding.The first of three Baedeker volumes dedicated to Italy, this one offering fifty routes throughout Northern Italy, including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, the Island of Corsica, as well as routes through France, Switzerland, and Austria.Illustrated with eight maps (including a folding frontispiece and folding railway map to the rear) and thirty-two plans (four folding). Collated, complete.These 'Baedeker' handbooks, from the company of German publisher Karl Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. They contain, among other things, maps and information regarding routes, travel facilities, noteworthy sights, attractions and museums, written by specialists. In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with a few marks to the boards and slight darkening to the spine. With slight rubbing and bumping to the extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot and a contemporary ink inscription to the front free endpaper. Very Good.

Seller Inventory # 977Y9

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Italy. Handbook for Travellers, First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, the Island of Corsica, and Routes through France, Switzerland, and Austria
• Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Leipsic
• Publication Date: 1879
• Binding: Cloth
• Illustrator: Not Stated
• Condition: Very Good
• Book Type: book