Switzerland, and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy, and the Tyrol: Handbook for Travellers

Coblenz: Karl Baedeker, 1873. Cloth. Good. 6.5" by 4.5". Not Stated. The sixth revised and augmented edition of Baedeker's handbook to travelling in Switzerland, with numerous maps, plans and panoramas. The sixth edition of this work in the publisher's original cloth binding. Profusely illustrated with 10 plans, 7 folding panoramas, and 22 maps, 8 of which are folding maps. Collated, complete. Karl Baedeker was a German publisher and pioneer in the business of worldwide travel guides. These Baedeker guides contain, among other things, maps; information about routes and travel facilities; and descriptions of noteworthy buildings, attractions and museums, written by specialists. This guide concerns Switzerland, the adjacent parts of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally sound, with a slightly faded spine but bright to the boards. Split to the front joint, with the cloth starting to lift, and a small tear to the extremity of the front board. Small losses to the spine and tears to the rear joint. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. Closed tear to the first folding map, but the other folding maps and panoramas are in very smart condition. Good