Der alte Bekannte : eine Maler-Reise in Bildern
Der alte Bekannte is a German picture book of 1875 published by Loewe, with illustrations by Oscar Pletsch and verses by Günter H. and Friedrich Oldenberg, aimed at children. Its pages pair small wood-engraved vignettes of village houses, doorways and children at play with a few lines of rhyming German verse set beneath each one. A designer might take from them the compact, sentimental narrative scenes, the ornate vine-framed doorways and the simple cross-hatched line that suits rustic storybook or folk-style work.
