Schweizergabe zur Unterhaltung und Belehrung der Jugend : Hrsg. zum Besten der Missionsgesellschaft in Basel
This is a German-language illustrated anthology for young readers, compiled by Johannes Linder and August Beck and published in 1852 in Basel, with proceeds going to a mission society. The pictures are hand-coloured lithographs in a crisp, narrative style showing dramatic scenes with figures in period costume, offering a designer ideas for staged, multi-figure compositions with clear captions set beneath the image.
