1898 Egypt

Description

Folding Maps, Illustrated, Publishers' Original Binding

Fourth edition. 

In the publisher's original cloth binding.

Illustrated with twenty-two maps (two folding), fifty-five plans (four folding) and sixty-six views and vignettes. Collated, complete. 

This guide provides forty-nine routes across Egypt, including excursions to Cairo, Alexandria, the Pyramids of Gizeh, Suez and Thebes. With a large preliminary section on Egypt's politics, agriculture and climate, as well as its history, art and language. 

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.