1870 Italy. First Part: Northern Italy and Corsica

Description

Early Edition, Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding

The very scarce second edition of this Baedeker handbook, revised and augmented. 

In the publisher's distinguishable red cloth binding, with gilt.

The first of three Baedeker volumes dedicated to Italy, this one exploring northern Italy and Corsica. Providing fifty-four routes between Paris, Nice, Vienna, Genoa, Lake of Como, Milan, Verona, Parma and more. 

Illustrated with six maps (including a folding frontispiece and folding rear endpaper) and twenty-seven 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.