Finland Travel Guide Tourist Info Russian Empire pre WWI c. 1905 book w/ maps

(Old Books, 20th Century Books, Travel, Tourism, Russian Books, Finland, Books with Maps).

Illustrated Practical Guide to Finland.
Published c. 1905, St. Petersburg, Russian Empire by Moskvich.
207 pages plus advertising. Text in Russian. Includes 3 folding color lithographed maps, a cross sectional plate and many b&w photos.

Publisher's cloth binding, embossed & gilt title lettering.

Book is physically old and shows some signs of handling and time. Book is not new or in "new" condition. The large map of Finland has numerous long tears, other large city map of Abo (Turku) is spotted but fine.

Binding gently age worn, slightly shaken, cloth is frayed along the joints and edges with a split and chipping at the spine ends, mostly light or inoffensive signs of handling and time but nothing severe or unsightly, book remains overall attractive as an object.

Paper is gently toned, still clean, tight, sound internally.

Still attractive on the shelf. The rare guide book displays a pleasing and unique age patina and is in overall nice antiquarian condition, any age flaws which may be present seem easy to overlook or forgive. 

Please review photos for more detail showing how this book survives. The asking price reflects the condition based on our examination and 35+ years full time exposure to antiquarian books, maps and printed ephemera of all types and genres. Flaws seen and/ or described have been taken into account.

Book Measures c. 6 3/4" H x 4 1/4" W.

[B10059].