About this Item
A superior copy of this Northern Germany Baedeker handbook, with the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper. The seventeenth revised edition. First issued in 1870.With the vanishingly scarce original dust wrapper, unpriced.Offering 67 routes throughout Northern Germany, covering Cologne, Berlin, Rotterdam, Hanover, Hamburg etc. preceded by introductory hints on railways, hotels, restaurants and German art.With 165 maps and plans, including a folding frontispiece and eighteen folding plates. Collated, complete.The Baedeker handbooks, from the company of German publisher Karl Baedeker, set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists. They contain, among other things, maps and information regarding routes, travel facilities, noteworthy sights, attractions and museums, written by specialists.With a charming contemporary unused postcard from Hamburg loosely inserted. In the original cloth binding. With the original dust wrapper (unpriced). Externally, excellent, with minor bumping to the spine. Dust wrapper is sunned to the spine and age toned, with chipping to the spine head and tail. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean. With corrected publisher's information laid on top of the original text to the title page. Near Fine.
Seller Inventory # 976Y42
Contact seller
Report this item