Austria "The Austro-Hungarian Monarchy in Word and Picture" 1891 "Kronprinzenwerk" - Hungary (2nd Volume)
By Rudolf Franz Karl Josef, Crown Prince of Austria; "Die österreichisch-ungarische Monarchie in Wort und Bild" - Ungarn (II. Band); The "Kronprinzenwerk" ("Crown Prince's Work") is a 24-volume encyclopedia of regional studies, initiated in 1883 by Crown Prince Rudolf of Austria-Hungary. The encyclopedia describes countries, peoples, landscapes and regions of the Austro-Hungarian Crown Lands. It was also published in a 21-volume Hungarian edition ("Az Osztrák-Magyar Monarchia írásban és képben"). The German edition was edited by the history and geography professor, Josef Weil von Weilen. The volumes were issued from December 1885 through June 1902 in 398 installments, from the "k.k. Hof- und Staatsdruckerei]" (Court and State Printers). They contain 587 contributions, totaling 12,596 pages with 4,529 illustrations. The articles were written by 432 contributors, including Crown Prince Rudolf himself; Hardcover; 658 pages; Used