Athens and its Immediate Environs. Reprinted, with Corrections, from the Second Edition of the Handbook to Greece. With a Plan of the City and a Map of the Environs.

BAEDEKER, Karl.

Published by Leipsic LeipzigKarl Baedeker ., 1896

About this Item

FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. 8vo. (16 x 11). pp.[vi]+80. Publisher's original printed brown boards, red cloth spine. 2 folding maps as called for. An excellent clean and fresh copy in overall very good condition. One of the rarest English editions, published for visitors to the first modern Olympic Games in Athens. Issued May 1896. Pierre de Courbetin, founder of the modern day Olympic Games, had originally intended to hold the games in Paris but after the Panathenaic Stadium had been excavated in 1869 he decided to hold them in Greece, the birthplace of the Olympics and asked Baedeker to publish a special guide for the occasion. Few copies survive as many were discarded after use. Rare, especially in such good condition. Issued for distribution at the first modern Olympic Games which ran from 6th to 15th April 1896. "This reprint from the second edition of Baedeker's Handbook to Greece is intended for sale solely within the kingdom of Greece. It has been corrected and brought up to date down to the spring of 1896" (Introduction) "The excursion to Marathon is somewhat troublesome." Hinrichsen E238.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: Athens and its Immediate Environs. Reprinted, with Corrections, from the Second Edition of the Handbook to Greece. With a Plan of the City and a Map of the Environs.
• Publisher: Leipsic LeipzigKarl Baedeker .
• Publication Date: 1896
• Binding: Hardcover
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