Murray (John). Handbook for Travellers in Portugal, 1st edition, London and Paris: John Murray and A. & W. Galignani, 1855 Contents: Half-title, title page, lxi, 190 pp., 32 pp. of Murray's Handbook Advertiser on cream paper (minor spotting to final leaf and to verso of front endpaper), folding lithographic map of Portugal in rear pocket (a few minimal spots), advertisment endpapers dated June 1855, small portions of rear hinge lightly cracked, original red cloth with gilt title to upper board and to spine, spine lightly faded, minor wear to head of spine, 8vo (approx 16 x 11 cm) Rare, only copy available online. The first modern systematic travel guide dedicated to Portugal, published 43 years before Karl Baedeker' Spain and Portugal of 1898.