Southern Germany and Austria, Including the Eastern Alps

Leipzig, Boston: Karl Baedeker, James R. Osgood, 1873. Third revised and augmented. Hardcover. Very good condition. Duodecimo. xxiv, 519pp., 28 maps, 27 plans. Original red pebbled cloth with gilt lettering and blind-stamped ruling on cover and spine. Decorative edges. Frontispiece folding map. Volume to render the traveller as independent as possible of hotel-keepers, commissionaires, and guides, and thus enable him to more thoroughly enjoy and appreciate the objects of interest he meets with on his tour. The magnificent scenery of the Danube, the Bavarian Mountains, the Salzkammergut,and the Tyrol is almost without rival; and the fact that these districts are comparatively unfrequented by ordinary tourists will prove additional charm to the discriminating traveller. Contains extensive set of 28 maps, many of them folding or double page, and 27 plans. Extensive index at rear. Text in German. Light wear along edges of binding and lightly rubbed.