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To which are added several tours in Hungary, in 1799 and 1800","work_year":"1769","medium":"'Largest paper with coloured plates, 20 copies printed' (Lowndes). The fine stipple engravings in the work are remarkably printed in colour. Originally published in 1796, this third edition was significantly expanded to include Hunter's tours of Hungary made in 1799 and 1800. William Hunter (c.1769-1815) had initially travelled, in 1792, through France and the eastern Mediterranean to Constantinople and over land on his return journey through the Romanian Principalities. The frontispiece of Selim IlI is by Nutter after Duchateau and the other plates by various artists including Dalvimart, van Mour and Grasset de Saint-Sauveur. 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