Two rare text books published by and for the University of Budapest in Hungary. The first is an original edition of a practical manual on contemporary architecture, by the German professor in Mathematics at the University of Budapest, Franz Rausch von Traubenberg (1743-1816). "This was probably the first original architectural book to be published in Hungary. [...] the text is intended to be of practical use to builders and architects and is divided in three sections. The first deals with building materials and theory, the second discusses the design, erection and heating of inexpensive domestic and rural buildings, and the third describes methods of calculating the proportions of rooms and buildings, measuring materials and estimating costs" (BAL). A second edition appeared in 1799. The work is of particular interest for the views on economic architecture in Hungary in the 18th century.
The second work is a Budapest University imprint of one of the popular text books on philosophy by the Rector of the Latin School at Görlitz in Germany, Friedrich Christian Baumeister (1709-1785), a follower of the German Philosophical School of Wolf.
With a paper shelf mark label on the spine, a blue shelf mark annotation at the head of the title page, and a purple stamp (Nyitra Varmegyei Muzeum 1900) below, as well as on page 20 in the first work, and page 137 in the second. The edges and corners of the boards are somewhat scuffed, the boards are somewhat rubbed. Occasional pencil markings in the margins and text, but otherwise internally very clean. Overall in very good condition. Ad 1: BAL 4077; Poggendorff II, p. 576; WorldCat 248952832 (7 copies); Ad 2: WorldCat 909459419 (4 copies).