This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...--Room I. In the centre, marble bust of the younger Holbein after bis portrait of himself at Bale, executed by Lossow. To the right of the entrance: H. Burgkmair the Elder, 85. 86 88 (over the door), St. Peter's (1501) and San Giovanni in Laterano (1502). To the left of the entrance: Master L. F. 0), 82-84. Ban Lorenzo ...
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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1902 Excerpt: ...--Room I. In the centre, marble bust of the younger Holbein after bis portrait of himself at Bale, executed by Lossow. To the right of the entrance: H. Burgkmair the Elder, 85. 86 88 (over the door), St. Peter's (1501) and San Giovanni in Laterano (1502). To the left of the entrance: Master L. F. 0), 82-84. Ban Lorenzo and San Sebastiano (1502). These form part of a cycle of 16 paintings belonging to the old convent of St. Catharine, relating to an indulgence granted to its inmates and representing the seven principal churches of Rome, with legendary scenes connected with them (others in Cab. 2 & 3). To the right, farther on: "49-52. Zeitblom, Legend of St. Valentine; JJlrich Apt, 103-105. Christ on the Cross and the two malefactors, 106, 107. (grisaille) Annunciation; 102. Giltlinger (comp. p. 134), Adoration of the Magi; 61. Holbein the Elder, Passion, in 13 sections.--On the N. wall, to the right and left and between the windows, 95-99. Burgkmair the Elder, Altar-piece for the Convent of St. Catharine (1519), with St. George, Emp. Henry II., and Crucifixion. In the niches, 57-60. M. Schaffner, Scenes from the Passion; 168-178. H. tom Ring, Sibyls and Prophets.--On the exit-wall: 89-91. Burgkmair, Santa Croce (1504; see above). Above (145-150) are six paintings by a Tyroless Master of about 1480 Michael Hans Pacherf), representing SS. Jerome and Ambrose and the legend of St. Nicholas of Cusa. 130, 131. H. Pleydenumrff (Wohlgemuth?), Crucifixion, Resurrection. Room. II, chiefly Italian artists. On the first partition: 309. Tintoretto, Christ at the house of Mary and Martha; 405. Rosalba CarHera, Head of a child; on the back, 291. Dutch Imitator of Leonardo da Vinci, Head of a girl; 411. Spanish School (ca. 1670), St. Francis; 288. Jacopo de' Barba...
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Seller's Description:
Very Good+ 16mo in bright limp red cloth with quite bright gilt lettering on front and on spine, tight binding, clean and unfoxed and unmarked pages, the covers have a hint of wear at spine tip, else NFINE. Contains 26 colored maps and 16 plans plus several textual drawings.; 16mo 6"-7" tall; 295 pages.
Publisher:
Karl Baedeker/T. Fisher Unwin/Charles Scribner's Sons
Published:
1910
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
9458176848
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Seller's Description:
Good+ to Very Good- No Dust Jacket. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall. 364 pp. Original red, flexible cloth covers w/ titles in gilt. Binding lightly soiled and rubbed. Edges of text block marbled. Previous owner's name to top edge of front paste-down; owner's name and note in pencil on title page. Approx. 3/4" closed tear to fold-out map in front. Illust. w/ fold-out color maps.
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Good. 16mo. Red cloth. xxx, 335, [1] p. front., maps (part fold. ) plans (part fold. ) 16 cm. Clean, unmarked pages. Bookplate. Front map is loose and is inside the front cover. Good binding. Negligible rubbing to cover. Name on first page.
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Good. Leipsic: Karl Baedeker, 1902. Ninth edition, 1902. With 22 maps and 16 plans. Red cloth over flexible boards. Covers lightly rubbed at the edges, hinges internally lightly cracked but secure, text block sound, pages lightly age-toned but clean. Soft Cover. Good. 16mo-over 5¾"-6¾" tall.
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Various. Very Good. A detailed and authoritative guidebook on Southern Germany written and published by the notable German publisher Karl Baedeker, whose travel works set the standard for authoritative guidebooks for tourists in the nineteenth century. A thirteenth revised edition copy. In the publisher's original cloth binding, with attractive mapped rear endpapers and marbled textblock. This copy is lacking its original dustwrapper, as usual. Copiously illustrated throughout with one hundred and eighteen maps and plans, many of which are coloured and or folding. In the publisher's original cloth binding with marbled textblock. Externally, minor shelfwear to extremities and head and tail of spine. Slight fading and loss of gilt to spine. Marking to rear board. Faint tidemark to gutter and upper extremity of front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Page slightly age toned to extremities but bright and clean, with the odd spot and handling mark. Small closed tear to gutter of folding map facing title page. Very Good.
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Seller's Description:
Near fine in very good(-) jacket. 36 maps and 45 plans. 364 pages, 12mo, red flexible boards, d.w.; dust wrapper edgeworn with some loss of paper at head of spine. Leipzig: Baedeker, 1910. Eleventh revised edition. A near fine copy in a rare very good(-) dust wrapper.
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Thirteeth Edition. xxviii; 5545pp. 16mo. Bound in original blind stamped red cloth with gilt lettering on the cover and spine. Marble edges on textblock. Two ribbon markers. Yellow coated front end papers with advertisements. Map of Germany on rear end papers. Includes 118 maps and plans. In original dust jacket. Top edge slightly dust soiled. Light wear to the spine and corners. In fine condition. Rare, exceptional copy as it is in the original dust jacket. Last English edition and the only edition to appear between the wars, portraying Germany under the Weimar Republic i.e. before the advent of Hitler to power. Baden, the Black Forest and Salzburg are included for the first time.
