auction house |
Hereditas Antikvárium |
date of auction |
d-m-Y H:i |
title of auction |
17. árverés – Miscellanea ex libris Borda Lajos |
date of exhibition |
2025. szeptember 22 - október 2. | hétköznap 11.00 - 17.00 óráig |
auction contact |
+36 30 442 1386 | info@hereditasantikvarium.hu | www.hereditasantikvarium.hu |
link of auction |
https://axioart.com/aukcio/2025-10-03/17-konyvarveres-hereditas |
398. item
Beudant, F(rancois)-S(ulpice): Voyage minéralogique et géologique, en Hongrie, pendant l’année 1818. Tome(s) I-III+Atlas.
Paris, 1822. Verdiére. (4)+VIII+560+8p., (4)+614p., (4)+659p., (4)+4p.+1 folding appx(s).+7 folding, coloured pl(s).+7 folding map(s) (4 coloured).
Description of the mineralogy and geology of Hungary. The author, a member of the French Academy and university professor, came to Hungary in 1818 on a study tour commissioned by the French court. His research results were published in three volumes, accompanied by the present atlas containing geological cross-sections and large-scale maps. Among the beautifully hand-coloured plates are the first geological maps of Hungary and Transylvania, alongside depictions of Lake Balaton and Selmecbánya.
Contemporary half leather with marbled endpapers. Spine richly gilt.
Szántai: Beudant 1a., 1b., 2.
starting price: 800 000