Guide Joanne

Japanese: 《Guide Joanne》(英語表記)GuideJoanne
Guide Joanne

...It is a thick, small book with a dark blue hard cover, but paperbacks for smaller cities are also now available. Hachette had been publishing the Guide Joanne, a detailed guidebook on history and art history, since the early 1850s, but turned its attention to the development of France's railways and published the Guide Bleu, a guidebook for railway travelers in separate volumes for each region of France and each region of Europe, which was well received (it took the name Guide Bleu in 1919). While the Guide Michelin for automobiles, which began to appear in the 20th century, was popular for its simplicity, the Guide Bleu has maintained its position as a standard guidebook for its weight and detail.

*Some of the terminology that refers to "Guide Joanne" is listed below.

Source | Heibonsha World Encyclopedia 2nd Edition | Information

Japanese:

…厚手の小型本で濃紺のハードカバーが特徴であるが,小都市用にペーパーカバーのも出るようになった。アシェット社は1850年代初頭より歴史・美術史に詳しい案内書《ギド・ジョアンヌGuide Joanne》を出していたが,発達しはじめていたフランスの鉄道に目をつけ,鉄道旅行者用に《ギド・ブルー》をフランス各地方,ヨーロッパ各地方別に分冊で出して好評を得た(1919年より〈ギド・ブルー〉の名称をとる)。20世紀に入って出はじめた自動車用の《ギド・ミシュラン》が簡便さで好まれるのに対して,重厚さと詳しさで標準的案内書の位置を保っている。…

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