Baedeker’s Belgium and Holland

A handsome late-Victorian Baedeker travel guide to Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg, published in Leipsic by Karl Baedeker in 1897. This is the Twelfth Edition, Revised and Augmented, retaining the publisher’s distinctive red cloth binding with gilt lettering to the front cover and spine.

Created for the nineteenth-century traveler, Baedeker’s handbooks were celebrated for their detailed practical information and exceptionally fine cartography. This edition contains descriptions of cities, towns, rail routes, hotels, museums, historic sites, and other information useful to travelers exploring Belgium, Holland, and Luxembourg at the end of the nineteenth century.

This copy has been checked and is complete with all 14 maps and 21 plans called for, including attractive folding maps and detailed city plans. The maps retain their period color and fine cartographic detail, offering a fascinating view of European geography and urban development in the 1890s.

Bibliographic Details

• Author/Publisher: Karl Baedeker

• Title: Belgium and Holland, Including the Grand-Duchy of Luxembourg

• Publisher: Karl Baedeker, Leipsic

• Date: 1897

• Edition: Twelfth Edition, Revised and Augmented

• Binding: Original red cloth with gilt lettering

• Maps & Plans: 14 maps and 21 plans — complete

Condition: Very Good antique condition. The original red binding remains unusually bright and attractive with strong gilt lettering and only modest age-related wear. Interior pages show expected age toning, including some darker toning at the margins, along with a few small pencil notations. The maps and plans are complete and remain attractive, with the examples examined showing particularly good color and detail.