Versuch über die Gräbersymbolik der Alten / von J. J. Bachofen; mit vier Steindrucktafeln.
Johann Jakob Bachofen's 1859 Basel study of ancient tomb symbolism, printed by Bahnmaier with four lithographic plates, written for scholars of classical religion and mythology. Its plates are pen-and-ink line drawings of carved sarcophagus reliefs: winged figures, a wheel, a funerary urn, a lion-head medallion and架 architectural ornament with dense cross-hatched shading. A designer might take their clean, sketchy contour line and the sculptural, frieze-like arrangement of figures in stacked panels.
