Murray 1872 hb TRAVELLERS GUIDE SWITZERLAND ALPS SAVOY PIEDMONT Pyrenees Vaudois

Description: This is the illustrated 1872 edition of HANDBOOK For TRAVELLERS IN SWITZERLAND And The ALPS OF SAVOY and PIEDMONT — With Travelling Maps, Plans of Towns Etc Complete and well-preserved, this authoritative Swiss guide includes all maps, plans and illustrations to transport us into the world of 19th century Alpine travel … Octavo hardback, around 4.35 inches by 6.75 tall, is bound in its publisher's original blind-stamped red cloth. Tilting all original gilt. Provenance: Rimmel, 1882 (from signature inked to upper right of title) … Published by John Murry, London, in 1872. Free from further permanent inscription and markings to the text. Although interior condition is overall good, because this original letterpress book is more than 150 years old, it displays minor signs of use and age — occasional creasing; the usual discolouration to old paper — consistent with a printed object of this vintage. All lxxiii preliminary pages + 557 pp main text (inc index) + 72 pp publisher’s ads at rear are complete and otherwise correct. As we can see, the rear endpaper conceals a hidden pocket… … in which we discover this example is complete with the work’s (often absent) folding map … Your book, anywhere within the UK, is sent to you FREE. International delivery via eBay’s shipping service. Feel free to contact seller with any questions, or if you'd like to examine it in person at a mutually convenient time. Bid with confidence to secure.

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