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Rare, 1913 Baedeker’s New Greece, Evangelidis, Greek Travel Guide w/ Maps, First Edition

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Description

Tryphon E. Evangelidis

Νέα Ελλάς / Baedeker’s: Guide to New Greece (1913)

  • Publisher: Eustratiou & Deli, Athens

  • Year: 1913

  • Edition: First Edition

  • Language: Greek (rare Greek-only Baedeker-style guide)

  • Format: Original red cloth hardcover, 16.5 × 11.5 cm

  • Pages: 47 + 464 pages

  • Illustrations: Complete with B&W folding maps and 1 colored map

 

About the Book

A rare Baedeker-style travel guide to the newly expanded territories of Greece following the Balkan Wars (1912–1913). Written in Greek, this guide offers a comprehensive historical, geographical, topographical, and archaeological description of the “New Greece,” including:

  • Epirus

  • Thessaly

  • Macedonia

  • The islands

Designed for travelers and explorers of the era, it combines detailed cultural notes with practical travel information, reflecting Greece’s transformation after its territorial expansion.

 

Features & Collectability

  • First edition, issued in 1913, shortly after the Balkan Wars.

  • Styled like the famous Baedeker guides, but printed entirely in Greek—rare and highly collectible.

  • Retains the iconic red cloth cover, adding curiosity and uniqueness to the volume.

  • Includes all maps (folding and colored), crucial for its historical and cartographic value.

 

Condition & Significance

  • Condition: Original binding with wear typical of age; interior pages and maps well-preserved. Please refer to the images.

  • A significant artifact of early 20th-century Greek tourism, political history, and the cartographic documentation of Greece’s newly acquired regions.

Ideal for collectors of:

 

  • Baedeker travel guides

  • Greek history and Balkan Wars memorabilia

  • Historical travel literature and cartography

Additional information

Languages

Greek

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