Description:
An eclectic, unique and serendipitous collection of nearly 50 years (generally late 1940's - early 1990's) of travel-related materials in English, French, German, Italian and Greek: guides, booklets, brochures and books, with some substantial items such as Florence by Pierre Gauthiez (Boston, The Travel Lovers Library, Hale, Cushman & Flint, no date, prob. 1927. Good -; binding intact and tight, tear near heel of spine); Muirhead's England (London, Blue Guides; Ernest Benn Ltd 1957 Very Good); Nagel's Encyclopedia Guide to Poland (Geneva, Nagel Publishers, 1974, Very Good +). In softcover: Onieva's 1957 guide to The Prado, the Verdesi 1950 guide to Rome, Bartolini & Fiumi's Florence and its Surroundings for 1950, Filippo Rossi's guide to the Museum of the Bargello from 1934. (All Good +.)Collection includes some standard guidebooks like Guides Michelin, but mostly locally produced or specialty guides; includes some relatively scholarly or professional materials (booklets, pamphlets) concerning… Read More