Minéralogique Et Géologique, En Hongrie, Pendant L'Annie 1818; Relation Historique - Tome Premier de François Sulpice Beudant - 1822

Paris: Chez Verdiére. Libraire, Quai des Augustins, 1822. First Edition. Leather Backed Boards. Good/No Dust Jacket. Beudant (1787 - 1850), educated at École Polytechnic in Paris, was a member of the French government sponsored expolratory expedition to the Balkans in 1818. This volume is volume one of four based on his observations during this exploration of the Austro-Hungariam Empire. It is the earliest geological survey of the Balkans. The area explored included present day Hungary, and parts of Yuoslavia, Serbia, Bosnia, Croatia, Austria, Romania, Slovakia, and Russia. The maps are considered among the first geological maps of the European continent. this volume has leather spine over marbled boards, 560 pages plus a 42 page "Table Alphabétique Générale" and a 2 page "Fautes Essentialles a Corriger" covering all four volumes. The spine leather has cellugel arrested red rot. edges of spine are rubbed with closed tears head & foot, some loss of material @ both extremities, lower spine significantly rubbed, marbled end papers and page block edges, front hinge cracked, former owner's private library stamp on first page. Very light scattered foxing, pages all are slightly wrinkled from age. All-in-all despite flaws a very attractive specimen of this scarce classic volume of geological exploration in eastern Europe. - Since 1997 delivering quality books to our neighbors, all around the world!