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The scan is low quality, or the music?

The scan of course, can't really say too much about the music just yet, other than that it looks competent enough and appears to be imbued with a healthy dose of late 19th-century Germanic counterpoint, think Berger or early Schmidt ...

we have plenty of scores with this problem @ IMSLP - so long as they're clearly numbered, someone else down the line can reupload a corrected pdf. anyhow thanks if so!

True, but also I haven't got around to removing the library stamps and I'm kind of paranoid when it comes to this, even with works in the public domain. Oh well, I'll do it some time this spring in any case.

I can provide a scan of the C minor symphony (score only), PM me in case anyone's interested. It's rather low quality though and the pages aren't in order (no time on my hands to fix this at the moment, that's why I'm hesitant to put it on IMSLP).

Thanks for the heads up, Alan! The perils of joining a forum and trying to add a working hyperlink to your first post... The link should work now, yours is more useful though.
Windhager's dissertation really is a great ressource, it's a pity it's only available in Hungarian (apart from the short introduction above). Let's hope it will spark some interest in this composer in Hungary and maybe lead to a performance or two.
Concerning the first symphony (D minor), there's an in-depth December 1884 review in the Neue Zeitschrift für Musik (pp. 527-528 in the PDF) that makes my mouth watery and also gives some insight into how Mihalovich was seen by his contemporaries. I'll just add my humble translation of the general description here, replete with 19th-century German imagery:

"Whoever has got to know the earlier orchestral works by Edmund von Mihalowich [sic!] will surely ask himself, once he looks into this new score: will the same disrupted spirit manifest itself in it, with the storminess of the Hungarian temperament, incessantly seeking out the extravagant? Or will the score perhaps tell of a fortunate process of purification, which bore a work that could ignite [interest?] more steadily, like a purer flame freed from smoke?
Having studied the D minor symphony more closely and given account to oneself of its intellectual content, everyone will affirm the latter question with wholehearted satisfaction. The composer has indeed crafted a far more mature, self-contained work, which is by virtue of this more convincing and viable, than he could have succeeded with his earlier eccentric inclinations. [...] This is not to say that his individuality has become more timid or more pale; no, it still fully comes into its own. Yet it expresses itself more clearly and more to the point, the formative powers have gained strength. Artistic volition reaches out its fraternal hand to advanced prowess, thus fulfilling the conditions of the true work of art.
The symphony is in four movements without anxiously adhering to the old formula. Traces of a spirit striving for autonomy, hailing towards the best of modern aspirations, abound in every single passage. [...]
The instrumentation is full and brilliant, often pompous, but never touching lurid excess. A big orchestra, well-equipped in all departments, is, of course, a necessity. To such an orchestra, the technical difficulties, although present, will not seem insurmountable either. Thus, to this orchestra and to all concert agencies keeping their eyes open for interesting novelties, this symphony by Mihalowich presents itself as a work that clearly merits performance and that will appeal to everyone who grants well-deserved space in the arts to the characteristic, the distinct."

In case anyone would like to take a look at some of Mihalovich's works, there's a wealth of manuscripts at the Liszt Academy of Music, most of which can be accessed online, including the four symphonies.
At least from my browser, the page works only in Hungarian. In order to find the scores, click on "Katalógus", then type in "Mihalovich Ödön". On the left hand side, click "Kották" under "Forrás típusa". Anything with a green dot and the remark "Online hozzáférés" will be available for download.
I've only just discovered this (apologies if it's been mentioned, but I think it hasn't) and have just started skimming through the symphonies. Especially the fourth with its cyclic theme looks majestic. Here's hoping someone will record one of these works one day.