BAEDEKER, Karl

Rheinlande von der Schweizer bis zur Holländischen Grenze: Handbuch für Reisende [The Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance: Handbook for Travellers]

Leipsig: Karl Baedeker, 1886. Wagner & Debes. Twenty-third Edition. Hardcover. 16mo. Pp. xxxii, 438. Illustrated with 31 maps, 23 ground plans and several floor plans, several in colors and/or folding out. Index. Publisher's textured red cloth over flexible boards, titles stamped in gilt on the cover and spine, blind stamped decorations, dark red silk bookmark ribbon, edges marbled, publisher's advertising on front endpapers, railway map on back endpapers. Covers lightly rubbed and soiled, spine ends a tad chipped, hinges starting, ink signature on title page "Doubleday," laid in folded tissues printed "Hotel Victoria Strassburg e. E. Hükstrasse 7," leaves bright and crisp. Very Good-. Item #6136

One of Baedeker's earliest guides, the first version of this handbook was published in the 1850s.

Carefully researched and frequently updated, with contributions from travelers, Baedeker's pocket guides were essential baggage for the savvy tourist. The thoroughness with which they describe a country now affords an informed glimpse of the place, the people and their customs at a specific time in history. The clear and beautiful lithographed maps, plans and panoramas created by the firm of Eduard Wagner & Ernst Debes were unequalled. Indispensable for researchers, a treat for armchair historians, and prized by collectors.

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Price: $75.00