Author: Karl Baedeker
Title: Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes
Description: Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1922. Cloth. A later edition of one of Baedeker's iconic guidebooks, this one to Switzerland and its surrounds. Richly illustrated with folding maps and plates. The twenty-sixth edition of this work, revised. This work was first published in 1863, with the final edition published in 1938.Written by Karl Baedeker.Baedeker guides were standard guidebooks published for tourists in the nineteenth century. Printed by the publishing house started by Karl Baedeker, they were an important milestone in the tourist industry, and were published from the 1850s until the 1970s.Illustrated with eighty-one maps, thirty town plans and fifteen panoramas. Collated, complete.Containing small ink inscriptions from previous owners to the front pastedown and half title page. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, some shelf wear and residue to the boards. Light rubbing to the joints and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Small ink inscriptions from previous owners to the front pastedown and half title page. Light age-toning to the pages, otherwise they are generally clean throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: switzerland chamonix italian lakes italy chamonix baedeker topography Not Stated
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Title: Switzerland, Together with Chamonix and the Italian Lakes
Description: Leipzig, Karl Baedeker, 1922. Cloth. A later edition of one of Baedeker's iconic guidebooks, this one to Switzerland and its surrounds. Richly illustrated with folding maps and plates. The twenty-sixth edition of this work, revised. This work was first published in 1863, with the final edition published in 1938.Written by Karl Baedeker.Baedeker guides were standard guidebooks published for tourists in the nineteenth century. Printed by the publishing house started by Karl Baedeker, they were an important milestone in the tourist industry, and were published from the 1850s until the 1970s.Illustrated with eighty-one maps, thirty town plans and fifteen panoramas. Collated, complete.Containing small ink inscriptions from previous owners to the front pastedown and half title page. In the publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, some shelf wear and residue to the boards. Light rubbing to the joints and light bumping to the head and tail of the spine. Small ink inscriptions from previous owners to the front pastedown and half title page. Light age-toning to the pages, otherwise they are generally clean throughout. Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Good .
Keywords: switzerland chamonix italian lakes italy chamonix baedeker topography Not Stated
Price: GBP 34.00 = appr. US$ 48.55 Seller: Rooke Books
- Book number: 823J4
- Book number: 823J4
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