Zeichenheft. I. Heft. Vorübungen. II. Heft. Ornamente, Rosetten u. Arabesken. III. Heft. Haus &- Küchengeräte. IV. Heft. Thier- und Pflanzen-Zeichnen. V. Heft. Landschafts-Zeichnen

1840. DRAWING BOOK. Zeichenhaft. I. Heft. Vorübungen. II. Heft. Ornamente, Rosetten u. Arabesken. III. Heft. Haus &- Küchengeräte. IV. Heft. Thier- und Pflanzen-Zeichnen. V. Heft. Landschafts-Zeichnen. 5 fascicles, each with 12 lithographic plates (though missing plates 2 & 4 in fasc. III, plates 10 & 12 in fasc. IV, plates 6, 10 & 11 in fasc. V). Small oblong 4to, 165 x 208 mm., publisher's coloured paper boards (yellow, oatmeal, pink, and green) and contrasting coloured paper spines, all front covers with original label printed in green giving title and within ornamental border, in a new cloth folding box. N.p.: [ca. 1840]. A charming unrecorded Biedermeier drawing book consisting of 77 illustrations which were intended to be copied. Heft I: architecture. Heft II: design. Heft III: furniture and domestic objects. Heft IV: animals and plants and Heft V: landscapes. Ownership blind stamp of Luigi Domenico Caenazzo, one of the pioneers of photography in Istria. Despite the missing plates, an important addition to the corpus of drawing manuals.