BRIGHT, Richard. Travels From Vienna Through Lower Hungary; With Some Remarks On The State Of Vienna During The Congress, In The Year 1814.

BRIGHT, Richard. Travels From Vienna Through Lower Hungary; With Some Remarks On The State Of Vienna During The Congress, In The Year 1814.BRIGHT, Richard. Travels From Vienna Through Lower Hungary; With Some Remarks On The State Of Vienna During The Congress, In The Year 1814. Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Company. 1818. 4to. Contemporary full calf, rebacked in the late 20th century, marbled endpapers; pp. xviii, 642, vii, errata slip, two folding engraved maps, 12 woodengraved historiated headpieces, 10 plates engraved after the author; plates with occasional foxing,

BRIGHT, Richard. Travels From Vienna Through Lower Hungary; With Some Remarks On The State Of Vienna During The Congress, In The Year 1814. Edinburgh: Printed For Archibald Constable And Company. 1818.

4to. Contemporary full calf, rebacked in the late 20th century, marbled endpapers; pp. xviii, 642, vii, errata slip, two folding engraved maps, 12 woodengraved historiated headpieces, 10 plates engraved after the author; plates with occasional foxing, offsetting from endpapers, otherwise a good copy, complete with half-title and errata slip; engraved armorial bookplate Thomas Munro.

First edition. This is a travelogue by a British physician into the eastern part of Austro-Hungary, with observations on the medical infrastructure and education, the different societies and nationalities encountered, economy, farming, mining, and natural history. In Hungary he enjoyed the hospitalty of the Festetics family and stayed in Festetics Palace, one of the biggest country houses of the region. From there he carried out scientific studies of Lake Balaton.

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