Schweiz, Die, the Italian lakes, Milan, Genoa, Turin. 6th ed. revised and amended. Koblenz, Baedeker 1856. with 1 col. With 1 color heraldic plate before the title, 1 travel distance map, special maps of the Bernese Oberland, the Rigi and Lake Lucerne, the Chamouny Valley and the Appenzell region, plans of Basel, Bern, Geneva, Zurich, Milan, Genoa, Turin, 2 mountain sketches, 2 panoramas and 16 views. IV, LIV, 416 PP. Olwd. (rubbed). Hinrichsen D 294 - Inscribed on inside cover: "Haupt-Poststrassen der Schweiz". Owner's inscription (dated 1856) J.E. Brunner, Lieutenant au II. Regiment Suisse a Naples. - Partly slightly stained and slightly creased.

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