[Costumes Militares des Cantons de la Suisse. The Confederate Troops]Folio (363 x 240mm) modern quarter vellum over decorative printed paper boards (lightly soiled). Provenance: unidentified circular ink stamp monogram on front free endpaper and flyleaf - small erased stamp on flyleaf. 26 outlined etchings coloured by a contemporary hand (a number of plates are closely cropped into the plate mark, just touching the image of plate 19 (light scattered spotting). This is Feyerabend's celebrated suite of plates of Swiss military costumes - incredibly rare. Feyerabend came from a family of artists (the landscape artists Augustin & Samuel Feyerabend were his brothers) and abandoned his initial studies of sculpture to pursue a career as a portraitist, landscape artist and later caricaturist, who worked in oils, watercolour and gouache, as well as print media. This suite of 26 plates, which is one of his best-known works, demonstrates his ability to combine these techniques to great effect. They were printed with a lightly-etched outline, and then heavily coloured in both wash and gouache, creating an effect closer to that of an original gouache than of a print. Coloured plates in order: 1. Salomon Ruppert Capitan von Zurch Aide Major Samtlicher lobe Eidsgenossischen Zuzuger in Basel. 2. Peter Bieller Feldweibel der Scharfschutzen von Zurch. 3. Carl Steinhauslin Lieutenant der Artillerie von Bern. 4. J-Pierre Branche Grenatier Limmermann Hoch Lobe Berner Regiment Wattervill. 5. Martin Schneider Feldweibel der Granadier. Compagni von Bern. 6. Jacob Zimmermann Wacht-Meister der Rothenburger Jager von dem Lucerner Contingent... 7. Wendelin Martin Grenatier von Schwitz. 8. Franz Joseph Imhoff von Uri. 9. Johannes Lang von St. Urban aus dem Willisauer amt von dem Lucerner Contingent. 10. Antoni Stadtleman von Eschlismath aus dem Endlibuch von dem Lucerner Contingent. 11. Anthoni Bucher von Underwalden ob dem Wald. 12. Johann Baptist Brandenberg von Lug. 13. Fridelinus Wiechser vom Contingent Glarus. 14. Hans Ulrich Bond Feldweubel von Appenzel ausser Rhoden. 15. Gregorius Hurler Wacht-Meister von Appenzel inner Rhoden. 16. Uhlrich Riedel Corporal vom Contingent Freyburg. 17. Conrad ERmatinger Feld Weybel vom Contingent Schaffhausen. 18. Johannes Affhollder Feldweubel vom Contingent Solothurn. 19. Heinrich Fuhrer Wachtmeister von Annrill Contingent Basel. 20. Jragoner Officier Contingent Basel. 21. Laurenz Meyer Wachtmeister vom Contingent der Stadt St. Gallen. 22. Anton Bernhard von Toggenburg under Apt St. Gallen. 23. Johanes Warth Jaeger vom Abt St. Gallen. 24. Sebastian Huber Fendrich von St. Frden dem Hochfurste St. Gallischen Contingent. 25. Mueller Corporal vom Contingent Biell. 26. Joseph Alius Schmitter von Underwalden Nieder dem Wald.