Excerpt from Northern Italy Including Leghorn, Florence, Ravenna and Routes Through France, Switzerland, and Austria: Handbook for Travellers 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 regard ing 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 valets de-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. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.