Author: AMSTERDAM INTERNATIONAL UNIVERSAL EXHIBITION 1895 -
Title: Wereldtentoonstelling Amsterdam Mei-November 1895. Hotel- en Reiswezen-Tentoonstelling. Algemeene Inleiding en beschouwing voor Landgenoot en Vreemdeling. [Eerste druk/first edition].
Description: S.I. [Amsterdam], s.n., [..], 1895. Small 8°., original printed, coloured lithographed front cover, illustrated by Joh. Braakensiek, coloured Amsterdam municipal Coat-of-Arms at lower right corner. 72pp. Frontispiece (main entrance to exhibition grounds), title illustration, black/white illustrations in text, all after drawings by Joh. Braakensiek, 2 photo-plates, extensive name-lists, board of directors, committee of honour, organizing commitees on pp. 1-6, coloured lithographed fold. plan of exhibition grounds at very end, sponsoring adverts. inside front cover, recte of frontispiece and on lower outer cover (by dutch Railways, H.I.S.M (Hollandsche IJzerenSwpoorweg-Maatschappij), listing some direct railway connections Dutch language general guide on behalf of dutch and foreign visitors to the Amsterdam International Universal Exhition featuring international Hotel- and Travelbusiness. Good copy. (spine with a modern narrow cloth strip, contents with some minimal marginal smudging, a bit dull).

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