Two fine Broadsides together comprising 12 engravings.
Outlining and describing the XII months after their main agricultural duties.
Meyer, Conrad [1618-1689] ; Simler, Johann Wilhelm [1605-1672]
Abriss, und Beschreibung der XII. Monaten nach ihren Haubtwerken
Published in Zurich: by the Burgerbibliothek, 1663.
Etching; each approximately 31.5 x 29 cm
References:Hollstein's German engravings, etchings and woodcuts, Vol. XXVII, Amsterdam 1980, p. 131, No. 218 ; Martina Sulmoni: "Einer Kunst- und Tugendliebenden Jugend verehrt": the picture-text combinations in the New Year's papers of the Burgerbibliothek Zürich from 1645 to 1672, Bern 2007; Zurich New Year's Leaves, Zurich 1971, p. 3
Rarissimum. Fine economic calendar typical of the time.
