A collection of Baedeker European travel guides from the late 19th century. Baedekers were the first popular travel guide and are known for their detailed descriptions of cities and detailed maps. Many of the cities described changed dramatically during the 20th century so these books are important records and are used by scholars in many disciplines.
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1853
1853
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Lavater, Johann Caspar, 1741-1801; Holcroft, Thomas, 1745-1809, tr; Holl, engraver; Heath, engraver; Corbould, artist
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Topic: Physiognomy
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1864
1864
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Evans, Augusta J. (Augusta Jane), 1835-1909; Evans & Cogswell, printer; West & Johnston, publisher
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"To the army of the southern Confederacy, who have delivered the South from despotism, and who have won for generations yet unborn the precious guerdon of constitutional republican liberty: to this vast legion of honor, whether limping on crutches through the land they have saved and immortalized, or surviving uninjured to share the blessings their unexampled heroism bought, or sleeping dreamlessly in nameless martyr-graves on hallowed battle-fields whose historic memory shall perish only...
Topic: Women and war
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Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
Text in Greek; preface and indexes in Latin
Vol. 16 is Index
Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
Volume designation on item dropped sometime after V.5 (1881)
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1898
1898
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Thompson, Patrick H., 1866-; Woodson, Carter Godwin, 1875-1950, former owner. GEU; Association for the Study of African-American Life and History, former owner. GEU
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Topics: African American Baptists, African Americans
V.1 A-L. - V.2. K-Z
Topics: Hagiography, Christian saints
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1901
1901
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Hinrichsen, A.W. Baedecker's Reisehandbücher
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1873
1873
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Hinrichsen, A.W. Baedecker's Reisehandbücher
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1849
1849
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Gesenius, Wilhelm, 1786-1842; Robinson, Edward, 1794-1863
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Topic: Hebrew language
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1909
1909
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Jacobus, Melancthon Williams, 1855-1937; Nourse, Edward Everett, 1863-1929; Zenos, Andrew C. (Andrew Constantinides), 1855-1942
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Topic: Bible
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1856
1856
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Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731; Defoe, Daniel, 1661?-1731. Farther adventures of Robinson Crusoe; Lovett, Robert W. (Robert William), collector. GEU; Robert and Miriam Lovett Robinson Crusoe Collection. GEU
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Abridgement of the works by Daniel Defoe
Topics: Crusoe, Robinson (Fictitious character), Survival after airplane accidents, shipwrecks, etc,...
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1908
1908
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Dyer, Frederick H. (Frederick Henry), 1849-
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1870
1870
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McCarthy, Justin, 1830-1912; Graff, James H., former owner. GEU
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Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards
Engr. t.p. with title vignette
Topics: Rome (Italy). Palazzo Doria, Plazas
volumes ; 24-27 cm
Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
List of author's works: p. i-xvii at end
Topics: Sexual ethics, Sex (Psychology), Spiritualism, Immortality
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Topic: United States. Army. Pennsylvania Infantry Regiment, 122nd (1862-1863)
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1891
1891
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Hinrichsen, A.W. Baedecker's Reisehandbücher
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Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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1909
1909
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish grammar, with vocabulary and list of phrases: 38 p. at end
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1894
1894
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United Brothers of Friendship; Wilson, J. H., 1865-1944, former owner. GEU
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Topics: United Brothers of Friendship, African American fraternal organizations
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1920
1920
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Wesley, John, 1703-1791; Sugden, Edward H. (Edward Holdsworth), 1854-1935
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Bibliographical footnotes
Topics: Methodist Church, Sermons, English
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Topic: Sands Street Methodist Episcopal Church (Brooklyn, New York, N.Y.)
Includes index
Topic: Gettysburg, Battle of, Gettysburg, Pa., 1863
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1888
1888
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Hecker, J. F. C. (Justus Friedrich Carl), 1795-1850; Babington, B. G. (Benjamin Guy), 1794-1866, translator
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Spine title: The Black Death
Topics: Black Death, Hysteria, Epidemic, Plague, Yersinia Infections, Disease Outbreaks
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1884
1884
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African Methodist Episcopal Church; A.M.E. Sunday School Union; Coan, Josephus Roosevelt, 1902-2002 former owner. GEU
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Prefaced dated 1884
Topics: African Methodist Episcopal Church, Catechisms, English
volumes ; 24-27 cm
Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
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1906
1906
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Karl Baedeker (Firm); Socin, A. (Albert), 1844-1899; Benzinger, I. (Immanuel), 1865-1935; Peters, John P. (John Punnett), 1852-1921
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"The first edition of the handbook appeared, in German, in 1875; its writer was Dr. Albert Socin ... The present is the fourth English edition and is based on the sixth German edition ... prepared by Dr. Immanuel Benzinger ... The new section on Mesopotamia and Babylonia has been revised and supplemented by the Rev. John P. Peters ..."--Preface (p. [v])
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1904
1904
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Hinrichsen, A.W. Baedecker's Reisehandbücher
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1899
1899
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Cheyne, T. K. (Thomas Kelly), 1841-1915; Black, J. Sutherland (John Sutherland), 1846-1923
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Topic: Bible
Vol. 16 is Index
Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
volumes ; 24-27 cm
Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
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1899
1899
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Cheyne, T. K. (Thomas Kelly), 1841-1915; Black, J. Sutherland (John Sutherland), 1846-1923
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Topic: Bible
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Topic: Christianity
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1878
1878
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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1904
1904
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Bliss, Edwin Munsell, 1848-1919; Dwight, Henry Otis, 1843-1917; Tupper, Henry Allen, 1856-
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Topic: Missions
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1904
1904
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Karl Baedeker (Firm); Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton), 1853-1934
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"The writer is Mr. J. F. Muirhead ..." -- Preface (p. [v])
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1872
1872
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Part 1 dated 1874; part 2 dated 1872; part 3 dated 1872
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Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
Includes index
Topics: Botany, Medical, Materia medica, Vegetable, Herbs, Medicinal plants, Materia Medica, Plant...
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1902
1902
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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"... corresponds with the seventh French editions ..."--Preface (p. [v])
Includes indexes
Topic: Ohio. Militia
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Topic: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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1876
1876
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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1879
1879
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Sketch of Norwegian and Swedish grammar, with vocabulary and list of phrases: 42 p. at end
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Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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1917
1917
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Roe, Alfred S. (Alfred Seelye), 1844-1917; Nutt, Charles, 1868-1918
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Topic: United States. Army. Massachusetts Artillery Regiment, 1st (1861-1865)
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1908
1908
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Topics: Christian antiquities, Civilization, Christian, Civilization, Ancient, Christianity and other...
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1909
1909
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Appended: Indexes of streets and plan of Rome (23 p. 4 fold plans)
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1906
1906
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Karl Baedeker (Firm); Muirhead, James F. (James Fullarton), 1853-1934
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Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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1899
1899
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Cheyne, T. K. (Thomas Kelly), 1841-1915; Black, J. Sutherland (John Sutherland), 1846-1923
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Topic: United States. Army. Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, 9th (1861-1864)
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1872
1872
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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Topics: Atlanta (Ga.) -- Directories, Georgia -- Atlanta
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1803
1803
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Venuti, Ridolfino, 1705-1763; Montagnani, Pietro Paolo, 1740- editor
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1899
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Cheyne, T. K. (Thomas Kelly), 1841-1915; Black, J. Sutherland (John Sutherland), 1846-1923
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Topics: Catholic Church, Theology, Encyclopedias and dictionaries
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Topic: Methodist Episcopal Church, South
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1910
1910
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Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898; Brooks, U. R. (Ulysses Robert), 1846-1917, ed
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Edited by U.R. Brooks
Topics: Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898, Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment,...
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1908
1908
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Herzog, J. J. (Johann Jakob), 1805-1882; Schaff, Philip, 1819-1893; Hauck, Albert, 1845-1918; Jackson, Samuel Macauley, 1851-1912; Sherman, Charles Colebrook, 1860-1927; Gilmore, George W. (George William), 1858-1933
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Topic: Theology
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992
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1875
1875
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Russell, William; Craigie, Dorothy, 1901-, collector. GEU; Greene, Graham, 1904-1991, collector. GEU
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Date of publication from Topp
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1900
1900
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Karl Baedeker (Firm)
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"... now issued for the ninth time, and corresponds with the twenty-fifth German edition ..."--Preface (p. [v])
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1889
1889
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Muddock, J. E. (Joyce Emmerson), 1843-1934; Craigie, Dorothy, 1901-, collector. GEU; Greene, Graham, 1904-1991, collector. GEU
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Bound in illustrated paper-covered boards
Volume designation on item dropped sometime after V.5 (1881)