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Two non-Baedeker Baedekers

19 May 2011

EBay currently offers two books of some interest to Baedeker collectors, which might be worth your attention. One is (the two volumes of) Prof. Wolfgang Helbig's "Führer durch die öffentlichen Sammlungen klassischer Altertümer in Rom", one of the few books published by Karl Baedeker in Leipzig which wasn't a red travel guide.

The other is a "pseudo-Baedeker", i.e. a competitor travel guide free-riding on the Baedeker name. This Wiener Baedeker is one of the earlier works to use the name - it doesn't otherwise look much like a Baedeker - although the main map looks quite familiar!

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