By Karl Baedeker
Coblenz   Karl Baedeker
6.5" by 4" xvi, 294pp
A very scarce copy of this Baedeker handbook, being the first edition solely dedicated to Northern Germany.
By Karl Baedeker

1873 Northern Germany

Coblenz   Karl Baedeker
6.5" by 4" xvi, 294pp
A very scarce copy of this Baedeker handbook, being the first edition solely dedicated to Northern Germany.
£235.00
: 0.5kgs / : 984Y20

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Description

Folding Maps, Publishers' Original Binding

The fifth edition, revised and augmented. The first separate edition of Northern Germany, previously included in the third and fourth editions of 'The Rhine'. 

With the first description of Berlin as the capital, accompanied by a folding plan and key of the city. 

In the original cloth binding. 

Illustrated with eleven maps (three folding) and twenty-seven plans (one folding). Collated, complete. 

A fascinating guide for travelling in 1870s Northern Germany, with sixty routes covering excursions to and from Berlin, Cologne, Copenhagen, Breslau, Vienna, Leipsic and more.

These 'Baedeker' handbooks (from German publisher Karl Baedeker) set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists, conveniently designed to be carried around in a pocket and available for reference on maps and information regarding routes, travel facilities, noteworthy sights, attractions and museums, written by specialists.

Condition

In the original cloth binding. Externally, smart, with fading to the spine and rubbing to the extremities. Minor split to the cloth of the front joint. Marks and faint spots to the cloth. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are generally bright and clean, with the odd spot.

Very Good

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