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Two rarities

16 Jun 2014

Well, well - today I can draw your attention to not just one, but two really interesting Baedekers on eBay.

First we have a fair copy of Deutschland u. d. Österreichischen Kaiserstaate 3 (1847). Unfortunately it is not complete (missing a couple of maps) and it is also somewhat foxed, but this series of guides is so rare that anything is of interest. (No copy of this edition has been seen in the now nearly ten years of BDKR before.)

And there is also a Rheinreise 4 (1843), complete except for the map of the Rhine valley. In fact, I rather suspect the copy for sale is the very one pictured on our page for this edition... In its original Biedermeier binding, it is a very attractive early Baedeker.

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