BAEDEKER, Karl.

Switzerland, and the adjacent portions of Italy, Savoy and the Tyrol.

Stock Code 93996

Karl Baedeker, Leipzig. 1872

$224.00 - $224.00

$224.00

$224.00 - $224.00

$224.00

Work on the St Gothard tunnel started in 1871 to connect Northern and Central Switzerland with the Ticino and Northern Italy. (It took eight years to complete). Endpapers dated "May 1872".

Fifth edition. xliv, 418pp, 21 maps, 7 plans and 7 panoramas, ink writing on title-page, previous bookseller's label on front free endpaper, publisher's red cloth gilt, stained on upper cover, ink lettering on spine; overall a good copy

Hinrichsen E71.

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