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A pseudo-Baedeker

19 Apr 2009

Here is a classic example of a "pseudo-Baedeker" - i.e. a travel guide pretending to be something it is not. Look carefully at the pictures- even the typical Baedeker impressed lines on the cover are there, the colours, the typeface and everything. This is typical of the 1878-1915 Hartleben travel guides.

If you can read German, then you might like this article by Reinhard Öhlberger from "Reiseleben" Heft 6 about these books.

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