Griebens Reise-Bibliothek

Cover of Die Vulkanische Eifel, 1889
Cover of Schwarzwald, 1890
Cover of Rhein-Reise, 1900
Cover of Norway and Copenhagen, 1910

Griebens Reise-Bibliothek (est.1853) was a series of German-language travel guide books to Europe, founded by Theobald Grieben of Berlin.[1] Some titles occasionally appeared in English or French language editions. Compared with its competitor Baedeker, Griebens was "cheaper and less detailed."[2] A 1914 British reviewer judged it "informative and not bulky, going easily into the coat pocket."[3] Readers included Thomas Wolfe.[4] In 1863 publisher Albert Goldschmidt bought the series and continued it;[5] in the 1890s the Goldschmidt office sat on Köthener Straße in Berlin. By the 1950s Griebens was issued by Jürgen E. Rohde of Munich.[6]

List of titles by geographic coverage

Austria

Belgium

Czech Republic

Great Britain

France

Germany

Greece

Italy

Poland

Russia

Scandinavia

Switzerland

United States of America

References

  1. "Carl Leopold Eberhard Theobald Grieben", Neue Deutsche Biographie (in German), 1966 via Deutsche Biographie
  2. Rudy Koshar (July 1998). "'What Ought to Be Seen': Tourists' Guidebooks and National Identities in Modern Germany and Europe". Journal of Contemporary History 33. JSTOR 261119.
  3. "Among the Books", T.P.'s Weekly (London), June 26, 1914
  4. Ted Mitchell, ed. (2006). Thomas Wolfe: An Illustrated Biography. Pegasus. p. 186. ISBN 978-1-933648-10-1.
  5. Georg Jäger (2001). "Sachbuch- und Ratgeberverlag (Publishers of Nonfiction and Guidebooks)". Geschichte des Deutschen Buchhandels im 19. und 20. Jahrhundert (in German). Frankfurt: Buchhandler-Vereinigung GmbH. ISBN 978-3-11-095617-7.
  6. Johannes Paulmann (2007). "Representation without Emulation: German Cultural Diplomacy in Search of Integration and Self-Assurance during the Adenauer Era". German Politics & Society 25. JSTOR 23742817.

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