Pre-1917 travellers' guide books

[Anna Reid]

The London Library in St James's Square - a private members' library, but
I'd be surprised if they don't make provision for outside researchers - has
a superb collection of nineteenth-century Baedekers and Murrays guides. Tel.
44 207 930 7705 and you can browse the catalogue online - Anna Reid.

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Sent: 02 April 2009 06:44
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Subject: [SEELANGS] Pre-1917 travellers' guide books

Are there research libraries outside the former USSR that would have 
collections of
city guides from Russia and Eastern Europe pre-1917?  I know that, 
e.g., Baedeker was
already publishing such guide books before 1900, and for the major 
cities they were available
in several languages.  I assume that Library of Congress and Widener 
Library would have something,
but perhaps someplace unexpected (to me!) happens to have a major
collection.
My interest is not limited to language or USA.
Jules Levin
Los Angeles

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