4. Collection related to the Andrássy government.

A unique collection contains documents from each government member with autograph signatures and a large, woodcut group photo taken at the time of the establishment of the government.
 
Count Gyula Andrássy (1823-1890) Prime Minister
Proposing the appointment of Imre Csengery as a second-class councillor at the Ministry of National Defense with a countersign of approval signed by Franz Joseph I.
3 typed pages. Dated: Buda, 16 October 1869.
Andrássy already assumed a political role during the Hungarian reform era (Széchenyi also noticed his talent). Later, he received a diplomatic mandate from the Szemere government. After the fall of the Hungarian War of Independence, he was sentenced to death in absentia, which is why he was nicknamed „le beau pendu” (beautiful hanged) by the ladies of Paris. After the easing, he returned home and played a significant role in the negotiations. Due to his aptitude and talent, Ferenc Deák’s proposal that the monarch entrust him with the formation of a government met with the undivided approval of Hungarian political public life.
 
Count György Festetics (1815-1883) Minister besides the King of Hungary
In a document addressed to the prime minister, he informs the addressee that the King has accepted his suggestion that demobilized soldiers should be preferred for vacant official positions.
1 written page. Dated: Vienna, 9 April 1867
 
Baron Béla Wenckheim (1811-1879) Minister of the Interior
Parliamentary invitation signed as Prime Minister to Péter Matskási and also signed by Franz Joseph I.
1 written page with a wax seal with paper protector on the back. Repaired along the folding lines. Dated: Buda-Pest, 27 June 1875.
Four of the members of the Andrássy government later occupied the prime minister’s chair: from the first, in addition to Wenckheim, Lónyay, and among those who took office later, József Szlávy and István Bittó.
 
Count Lónyay Menyhért (1822-1884) Minister of Finance
Appointing Károly Pfister to first-class accounting officer.
1 written page, with a wax seal with paper protector. Dated: Buda, 25 December 1867
 
Boldizsár Horvát (1822-1898) Minister of Justice
Informs the county of Moson about the establishment of district courts.
1 written page. Dated: Pest, 28 February 1871
 
Baron József Eötvös (1813-1871) Minister of Religion and Public Education
Execution instruction of the article 1868: XXVIII. on public education addressed to the Reformed bishop of Tiszántúl, Péter Balogh.
14 lithographed pages. Dated: Pest, 27 December 1869. With the envelope of the Vasberényi collection.
 
István Gorove (1819-1881) Minister of Agriculture, Industry and Trade
Appointing Pál Sporzon to the director of the Hungarian Royal Institute of Economics in Keszthely (the successor of Georgikon).
1 written page. Dated: Pest, 15 March 1870
 
Count Imre Mikó (1805-1876) Minister of Public Works and Transport
Appointing György Nagy to first-class assistant engineer.
1 written page. Dated: Buda, 12 January 1869.
 
The group photo
Az uj felelős magyar miniszterium.
Woodcut based on József Marastoni’s drawing. Published as an appendix to the journal „Politikai Ujdonságok” (Pest, 1867. Heckenast Gusztáv ny.)
Size: 425 x 635 mm. Restored.
In a beautifully decorated, richly gilt, contemporary silk folder, with the Hungarian coat of arms in the middle of the front cover.
 
Starting price: 5,000,000 HUF