SCHMIDT, Dr M..

Fourth edition. Usual beige limp cloth printed in blue. 10 x 15cm. 119pp., two folding maps, as called-for. A little creased near spine, mild damp spotting to maps. Else in very good condition. Guide to Budapest just pre WWI and the fall of Austria-Hungary. Text in German. Griebens Reise-Bibliothek was founded in 1853 by Theobald Grieben of Berlin and sold to Albert Goldschmidt ten years later. Compared with its competitor Baedeker, Griebens was "cheaper and less detailed." A 1914 British reviewer judged it "informative and not bulky, going easily into the coat pocket”.