Antique Baedeker Travel Guide 1889 edition - The Rhine

Description: If you were traveling to Europe in the late 19th Century - this was the travel guide you needed to have. Beautiful snapshot of history, travel and map making. These make fabulous gifts for friends with a known interest in a specific country or region. The maps are works of art, and many of these editions have been cut apart just for the maps. The information in the books are just as relevant today as 120 years ago. This is about as good as it gets for a Baedeker guide book - definitive provenance, great condition and untouched for over 100 years. This early Rhine from Rotterdam to Constance edition is a rare find - These travel documents were obtained and collected by my Great Grandparents CW Seamans & IG Seamans and grandparents EA Self and DS Self during the ubiqitous european trips of the late 1890s thru the late 1930's. Travel was by transatlantic liner, postcards were purchased as books to send correspondence home and photographs were developed before returning home by professional photographers. Taken in total, the novels, guidebooks, art books, postcards and travel ephemera provide a unique and comprehensive view of 2 generations of one families travels over a 40 year period - all before WWII. These pieces have been sitting untouched and unappreciated for 3 generations and I would like to share these unique snapshots in time with other people. Please feel free to contact me if you want additional information about the provenance and the other objects and items I have from these couples and this period of history

Price: 100 USD

Location: Devon, Pennsylvania

End Time: 2025-02-07T21:42:28.000Z

Shipping Cost: 10.4 USD