[HUNGARY].

Portraits des Hongrois, des Pandoures ou Croates, des Waradins ou Esclavoniens, et des Ulans, &c.

qui sont au service de LL. MM., la Reine de Hongrie & le Roi de Prusse.

Stock Code 110360

[The Hague], 1787

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First published in 1742 in folio format, both editions are extremely rare. WorldCat lists just 2 copies of the first edition and only a few copies of the English editions of 1742 and 1743.

Second edition; 8vo; text in French and Dutch in double column, 6 hand-coloured engraved plates, bookplate to verso of front wrapper, occasional light spotting, slight toning to leaves; original marbled wrappers, stitched as issued, slightly rubbed and faded, some fraying to spine, housed in modern maroon cloth drop-back box.

Bobins 1124; cf. Colas 2410 (first edition).

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