1882 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

A very scarce sixth remodelled edition of this Baedeker handbook.

In the original cloth binding.

The first of three Handbooks for Italy from this publisher, offering fifty-four routes around Northern Italy, including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna, the Island of Corsica, as well as routes through France, Switzerland and Austria.  

Illustrated with fifteen maps (including a folding frontispiece) and thirty-two plans, nine of which are 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.