1887 Great Britain: England, Wales, and Scotland as Far as Loch Maree and the Cromarty Firth

Description

First Edition, Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding

The first edition of this work. This English edition served 

In the original cloth binding.

Illustrated with fourteen maps (seven folding), twenty-four plans (one folding) and a folding panorama of Snowdonia. Collated, complete. 

The first appearance of Great Britain from Karl Baedeker's series of traveller's handbooks, with introductory information on English history, Welsh and architecture, as well as sixty-six routes covering excursions to London, Brighton, Isle of Wight, Bristol, Cardiff, Oxford, Snowdon and more. 

These 'Baedeker' handbooks set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists, conveniently designed to be carried around in a pocket and available for reference on maps and information regarding routes, travel facilities, noteworthy sights, attractions and museums, written by specialists.