ZEITSCHRIFTEN - New Year's piece published by the Artists' Society in Zurich on the year 1805 (until 1840), i.e. first to thirty-sixth piece (in one volume). With numerous partly coloured plates. (Zurich, printed for the Künstlergesellschaft, 1804-1839). 22 x 19 cm. Cardboard binding of the time with hs. label (rubbed and bumped). Each issue came with at least one plate, later also two, occasionally there was also a vignette on the first leaf. Charming, partly colorfully illustrated in the style of the time with portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, etc. Provides biographical information on the artists: J.H. Fuessli, A. Graff, Aberli, J. Weber, H. Maurer, C. Gessner, J.M. Usteri, etc. - Covers not bound in, occasionally somewhat browned and brown-spotted, but mostly quite fresh.

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