1894 Greece Handbook for Travellers

Description

Early Edition, Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding

The second revised edition of this Baedeker handbook.

In the publisher's distinguishable red cloth binding. 

Offering forty-nine routes covering Athens, Corfu, Attica, Mykonos, Thebes, Thessaly, the Peloponnesus and Olympia. Preceded by hints on modes of travel, climate, language, the Greek people, history of Greek art and literature. 

Illustrated with eight maps, fifteen plans (two folding) and a folding panorama of Athens. Including a travelling map of Greece in a pocket to the rear pastedown. 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.