1879 Italy. Handbook for Travellers, First Part: Northern Italy, Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, the Island of Corsica, and Routes through France, Switzerland, and Austria

Description

Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

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.