Author: M. J. Boldenyi
Title: La Hongrie Ancienne Et Moderne Histoire, Arts, Litterature, Monuments
Description: Paris, H. Lebrun, 1851. Leather. An important history on Hungary, contemporary to the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution, a lovely work with ten vividly coloured plates. In the original French.Complete as two parts in one. Beautifully illustrated with ten vivid hand coloured plates, one map, seventeen monochrome plates, and many in-text engravings.Collated, complete.A wonderful work on Hungary.The first part of this work is an extensive history, looking at the country from its earliest days. This section includes an important part on the 1848-48 Hungarian Revolution, a failed revolution which is nonetheless one of the most significant events of Hungarian history. The account included in this work is a contemporary view on the Revolution.In the second part the author focuses more on Hungarian culture and its people.By Janos Boldenyi, the pen-name for the Hungarian journalist Pal Szabo. In a half morocco binding with marbled paper to the boards, Externally, smart, with some rubbing to the boards and spine. Light bumping to the extremities. Minor loss of paper to the extremities and rear board. Spine is faded. Library label and bookplate to the front paste down. Prior owner's ink inscription to the recto to the front endpaper. Front hinge is a little strained. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and clean with only the very occasional light spot. Occasional underlining to the text. Very Good . Ill.: Various. Very Good .

Keywords: La Hongrie Ancienne et Moderne Histoire, Arts, Litterature, Monuments hungary hongrie history hungary modern m. j. boldenyi Various


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