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Paget, John (1808–1892).
Hungary and Transylvania: With Remarks on their Condition, Social, Political, and Economical.
Publisher: John Murray, Albemarle Street, London;
Date of Publication: 1850
Stock Code: 14471
Second Edition. Octavo, two vols: pp., xxiv, 560, tissue-guarded frontispiece, fold-out colour-printed map of Hungary and Transylvania, and numerous illustrations within text, as called for; xii, 553, [1] blank, 16 publisher’s ads, tissue-guarded frontispiece, 1 engraved plate, and numerous illustrations within text, as called for. Volume 1 in original publisher’s emerald cloth by Remnant and Edmonds, blind-stamped border and ornamentation to boards, titled in gilt to spine; volume 2 rebound in later green cloth, titled to paper spine-label, many leaves unopened in both volumes. Spine of first volume sunned, boards lightly scuffed, corners bumped, joints wearing with slight loss to head. Very occasional light, scattered foxing to prelims and edges of both volumes. Overall, a very good set. An intimate and detailed study of Hungarian life, from a British agriculturalist who married into Hungarian in 1836. Originally published in 1839, Paget’s Hungary became a publication of particular interest following the Hungarian Wars of Independence in 1849–1850. Republished in response to these new demands for information the volumes were ‘ransacked’ by editors, and became the foundation of widely used reference sources on Hungarian society. This early edition is scarce as a complete set. £350.00