DG 416 -B139 £5 19/3 bks 'Go, little book, God send thee good passage, Unto them all that theé will read or hear: Printed and made In Germany gift 12/08/98 PREFACE. The objects of the Handbook for Northern Italy, which is now issued for the fourteenth time and corresponds to the 18th German edition, are to supply the traveller with some information regarding the culture, art, and character of the people he is about to visit, as well as regarding the natural features of the country, to render him as independent as possible of the services of guides and valetsde-place, to protect him against overcharges, and in every way to aid him in deriving enjoyment and instruction from his tour in one of the most fascinating countries in the world. The whole work is founded on the Editor's personal acquaintance with the places described, most of which he has repeatedly and carefully explored. As, however, changes are constantly taking place, he will highly appreciate any communications with which travellers may kindly favour him, if the result of their own observation. The information already received from correspondents, which he gratefully acknowledges, has in many cases proved most serviceable. The present volume, has, like its predecessors, been thoroughly revised and considerably augmented. Its contents have been divided into EIGHT SECTIONS †, each of which may be separately removed from the volume by cutting the gauze backing visible on opening the book at the requisite pages. Linen covers for these sections may be obtained through any bookseller. The introductory article on Art and the art-historical notices prefixed to the descriptions of the larger towns and principal picture-galleries were originally furnished by the late Professor Springer, of Leipzig, but have been modified and supplémented in consonance with the most recent results of artistic research. In the descriptions of individual pictures the works of Morelli, Crowe and Cavalcaselle, and Burckhardt have been laid extensively under contribution, and also occasionally those of Ruskin and others. On the MAPS and PLANS the utmost care has been bestowed, and it is hoped that they will often be of material service to the traveller. They have all been carefully revised and brought up to date, while several of them appear in this edition for the first time. HEIGHTS are given in the text in English feet, on the maps in mètres (1 Engl. ft. = 0,3048 mètre). DISTANCES are given in English miles (comp. p. ii). The POPULATIONS (according to the census of Introductory Matter (pp. xi-lxviii), Routes to Italy (pp. 1-30), Piedmont (pp. 31-92), Liguria (pp. 93-148), Lombardy (pp. 149-294), Venetia (pp. 295-430), The Emilia (pp. 431-508), and Tuscany (pp. 509-660), with List of Artists and Index (pp. 661-698). 1901) are those of the towns and villages properly so called, and not those of the comuni or parishes, which are often considerably larger. HOTELS (comp. p. xxi). The Editor has indicated by asterisks those hotels which he has reason to believe, from his own experience, as well as from information supplied by travellers (often, however, contradictory), to be respectable, clean, reasonable, and fairly well provided with the comforts and conveniences expected in an up-to-date establishment. Houses of a more primitive character, when good of their class, are described as 'good' or 'very fair'. At the same time the Editor does not doubt that comfortable quarters may occasionally be obtained at inns which he has not recommended or even mentioned. The charges in the most frequented places have a constant tendency to rise, but those of the last few years are approximately stated in the Handbook for the traveller's guidance. To hotel-proprietors, tradesmen, and others the Editor begs to intimate that a character for fair dealing and courtesy towards travellers is the sole passport to his commendation, and that advertisements of every kind are strictly excluded from his Handbooks. Hotel-keepers are warned against persons representing themselves as agents for Baedeker's Handbooks. The letter d with a date, after the name of a person, indicates the year of his death. The number prefixed to the name of a place on a railway or highroad indicates its distance in English miles from the startingpoint of the route or sub-route. The number of feet given after the name of a place shows its height above the sea-level. Asterisks denote objects of special interest or imply commendation. Route 1. From Paris to Turin viâ Modane and Mont Cenis 2. From Brigue (Lausanne) to Milan viâ Arona. Simplon 6. From Trent to Venice viâ Bassano and Castelfranco. Val 7. From Villach (Salzburg, Vienna) to Venice viâ Pontebba 30 |