Eastern Alps: Handbook for Travellers
London / Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1895. Wagner & Debes. Eighth Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. xxiv, 518. Illustrated with 40 maps, 9 plans and 7 panoramas, several in colors and/or folding out. Index. Re-backed with original spine laid down; titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, blind stamped decorations, edges marbled. Publisher's advertising on front endpapers, map index on back endpapers. Spine soiled and chipped, edges rubbed. Good. Item #7297 Carefully researched and frequently updated, with contributions from travelers, Baedeker's pocket guides were essential baggage for the savvy tourist. The thoroughness with which they describe a country now affords an informed glimpse of the place, the people and their customs at a specific time in history. The clear and beautiful lithographed maps, plans and panoramas created by the firm of Eduard Wagner & Ernst Debes were unequalled. Indispensable for researchers, a treat for armchair historians, and prized by collectors.
Including the Bavarian Highlands, Tyrol, Salzburg, Upper and Lower Austria, Styria, Carinthia and Carniola. These districts were formerly covered in the Handbook for Southern Germany and Austria. Corresponds to the 26th German edition.
Price: $75.00