Gids voor Velp, Rosendaal en Omstreken met groote wandelkaart, platte grond van Velp, kaart van de wandelingen door de Beekhuizer bosschen, alle in kleuren en 12 Gezichten [...]

G. de Meijier (Voorzitter) - Gids voor Velp, Rosendaal en Omstreken met groote wandelkaart, platte grond van Velp, kaart van de wandelingen door de Beekhuizer bosschen, alle in kleuren en 12 Gezichten uit Velp en Rosendaal - Velp - Vereeniging "Algemeen Belang" voor Velp en Rosendaal - [ca 1900] - 2nd rev. edition - [40], [xxxviii] pp - Paper wrappers - 21 x 14 cm. (Oblong)

Condition: Fragile - with wear, tanning. WITH the hiking map of Velp.

Antique fin-de-siècle tourist guide for the villages on the Veluwe, east of the Gelderland capital Arnhem. Illustrated with 12 full-page black and white photos. With index. Second edition, printed by Ybe Ybes & Co in Velp. Undated but the cover and advertisements are in Art Nouveau style, typical of the late 19th century, around 1900.

According to the title page, two or three separate colour maps belong to the book. Our copy contains at least the 'Wandelkaart van het dorp Velp geteekend door R. Veldhoen' (25 x 20 cm). This also seems to be the map of Velp. The mentioned map of the Beekhuizer bossen is NOT PRESENT here. However, a small map of (the northern area of) Arnhem is inserted (c. 1900, Lith. Kluppell & Ebeling; 11 x 16 cm).

¶ Rare and fragile collector's item. The sale price was 40 cents. Shown and / or discussed in the walking routes are, among others, Beekhuizen, Kasteel Biljoen, Velpse Klapbrug, Bronbeek, the Emmapyramide, Geitenkamp, ​​Den Imbosch, Kerkhof (= Churchyard) Rosendaal, Klarenbeek, Monnikhuizen, Huis Rosendael, the Velpsche Melkinrichting, Villa-Park Overbeek and Zijpenberg.