Joh. Caspar Fu esslins Geschichte der besten Ku nstler in der Schweitz
Subtitle: nebst ihren Bildnissen
Contributors: Fu ssli, Rudolf, 1709-1793; Holzhalb, Johann Rudolf, 1723-1806; Lips, Johann Heinrich, 1758-1817; Pfenninger, Heinrich, 1749-1815; Schellenberg, Johann Rudolf, 1740-1806; Stumpf, M. (Matthias), 1755-1806
Publisher: Bey Orell, Gessner und Comp.
Published: 1769
Place of publication: Zu rich
Language: ger
Subjects: Early works to 1800; Biography; Artists
Other titles: Ioh. Caspar Fu esslins Geschichte der besten Ku nstler in der Schweitz; Geschichte der besten Ku nstler in der Schweitz
Notes: Imprints on v. 3-5: Bey Orell, Gessner, Fu essli[n] und Comp.

Vol. 1-2: 1769; v. 3: 1770; v. 4: 1774; v. 5: 1779.

Illustrations comprise 148 full-page engravings: 5 frontispieces (3 signed by J.R. Schellenberg), 10 illustrations depicting the design and casting of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV, and 132 portraits by J.C. Fu ssli (4), J.R. Fu ssli (10), J.R. Schellenberg (43), J.R. Holzhalb (1), J.R. Holzhalb and J.R. Schellenberg (1), J.H. Lips (7), J.H. Lips and H. Pfenninger (1), and M. Stumpf (3); remainder unsigned.

Vol. 1: XXXII, 280 p., [27] leaves of plates; v. 2: XIX, [1], 287, [1] p., [26] leaves of plates (4 folded); v. 3: LXXVI, 275, [1] p. (the last p. blank), [26] leaves of plates; v. 4: LIV, 250 p., [49] leaves of plates; v. 5: XIX, [20]-231, [1] p., [19] leaves of plates.

Signatures: v. 1: [)(]ı́ 2)(ı́ A-Rı́ Sþ́; v. 2: [)(]ı́ 2)(℗ø A-Sı́; v. 3: [*]ı́ 2*-4*ı́ 5*œ́ A-Rı́ S℗ø; v. 4: [*]ı́ 2*-3*ı́ 4*þ́(-4*4) Aœ́(-A6) B-Qı́; v. 5: [A]ı́ B-Oı́ Pþ́.

Engraved title vignettes.

Includes indexes.

Haller, G.E. von.  Bibliothek der Schweizer-Geschichte, II, 1718

Barth, H.  Bibliographie der Schweizer Geschichte, 26334

Bu rger, T.  Aufkla rung in Zu rich, 140

Chiefly German, some French, Latin, and Italian.

Getty copy 1 lacks the portrait plates and frontispieces found in other copies. It includes only the 10 plates in v. 2 depicting the design and the casting of the equestrian statue of Louis XIV.

Library's copy 1 bound in two vols. in marbled paper-covered boards; leather spines with gilt tooling; edges sprinkled green; title-pages of vols. 1 and 3 with stamp of St. Francis Seminary, Salzmann Library, St. Francis, Wisc.

Library's copy 2 bound in marbled paper-covered boards; vellum spine and corners; leather label with gilt title on spine; embossed book label of Clifford Duits in front free endpapers.