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PRONAY, Freiherren Gabriel von.
Esquisses de la vie Populaire en Hongrie.
The best depiction of life in Hungary in the nineteenth century and a vivid celebration of country people and their ways. A fine example.
- Published
- Pesth & Leipzig: Hermann Geibel, 1857.
- References
- Bobins II 444; Colas 2430; Lipperheide 896.
- Plates
- 25
- Binding/Size
- L=FOLIO
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- Pesth & Leipzig: Hermann Geibel, 1857.
- Ref
- 837
[Sketches of Popular Life in Hungary.] Folio (41.5 x 29 cm). vi [1] 106pp. woodcut title vignette 25 chromolithographed plates (highlighted in hand colour); occasional browning. Original red grained cloth; stamped in gilt and in blind with a pictorial gilt vignette. Spine decorated in gilt. All edges gilt, silk moire endpapers. Coloured plates in order: 1. Cortege nuptial se rendant a l'eglise. 2. Retour du cortege nuptial. 3. Le cortege de fete des moissonneurs. 4. Aire en Basse Hongrie. 5. Le berger. 6. Bouvier. 7. Patre gardant les buffles. 8. Patre gardant les chevaux. 9. Le porcher. 10. Bohemiens vagabonds. 11. La fete des vignerons a Bude. 12. Courre le lievre. 13. Chasse a l'outarde. 14. La peche de la Theifs. 15. Le chaudronnier ambulant. 16. le marchand d'huile. 17. Rouliers valaques. 18. Meneur d'oies. 19. la Chamber ou l'on file. 20. Le Tribunal villageois. 21. Costumes de paysanes. Walachen-Olahok / Ungarn-Magyarok / Slaven-Totok / Deutsche-Nemetek. 22. Landes, ou la Steppe. 23. Le porteur d'eau. 24. Marche aux melons. [loose plate] 25. La gargote.