By Karl Baedeker
Leipzig   Karl Baedeker, Publisher
6.5" by 4.5" lxxvi, 470, 18pp
A smart revised edition of this Baedeker handbook to central Italy and Rome, with folding maps.
By Karl Baedeker

1904 Italy: Handbook for Travellers (Second Part: Central Italy and Rome)

Leipzig   Karl Baedeker, Publisher
6.5" by 4.5" lxxvi, 470, 18pp
A smart revised edition of this Baedeker handbook to central Italy and Rome, with folding maps.
£49.00
: 0.5kgs / : 977Y1

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Description

Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding

The fourteenth revised edition of this Baedeker volume. 

In the original red cloth binding, with gilt. 

The second of three Baedeker volumes dedicated to Italy. Offering various routes around Tuscany, Rome and its environs as well as practical hints on climate, politics and art history. 

Illustrated with fourteen maps (including a folding frontispiece) forty-nine plans (five of which are folding), a folding panorama of Rome, a folding view of the Forum Romanum, and the Arms of the Popes since 1417. 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.

Condition

In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with discolouration to the cloth, most notably to the spine. With minor shelf wear. Internally, frontispiece is detached but present, otherwise firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with slight age toning to the front and rear pages and the odd spot.

Very Good

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