Italy -north central & south Lot x 4 Baedeker Guides 1909-30 w/ 200+ maps

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Italy, Northern Italy, Alps, Naples, Central Italy, Rome, Southern Italy, Sicily, Illustrated Books, Books with Maps, Baedeker Guides).

Lot x 4 Baedeker's Travel Guides.

Baedeker's Italy from Alps to Naples: 2nd Edition, 1909, 398 Pages, 25 Maps and 52 Plans and Sketches.
Baedeker's Northern Italy: 15th Revised Edition, 1930, 704 Pages, 45 Maps and 59 Plans and Diagrams, 1 Panorama.
Baedeker's Central Italy and Rome: 15th Revised Edition, 1909, 527 pages, 19 Maps, 55 Plans and Views.
Baedeker's Southern Italy & Sicily: 16th Revised Edition, 1912, 396 pages, 30 Maps and 34 Plans.

Publisher's soft cloth binding, gilt title lettering, embossed cover designs, marbled edges.

Lot is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Lot is not new or in "new" condition.

Bindings gently age worn as always, mostly light minor signs of careful handling and time but nothing offensive or severe, lot remains overall attractive on the shelf.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

The lot displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present appear to us easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this lot survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Books Measure c. 6 1/2" H x 4 1/2" W.

[B9382].