Bilder-Alphabet zur Erweckung des Scharfsinns oder viele Original-Darstellungen, nach jedem Buchstaben in 24 Gemälden herausgegeben : eine neue Bilderlust für Kleine und Große
An 1838 German picture alphabet by Johann Michael Voltz, published by Renner in Nuremberg, offering a hand-coloured scene of everyday life for each letter, aimed at children and adults alike. The pictures show a street scene per letter, with a large illuminated initial in a shield and small figures of soldiers, carriages, townsfolk and animals; a designer might take its compact framed-plate layout and its tinted lithographic colour for period decorative scenes.
