Kleines Schulbuch für Anfänger im Lesen und Denken
A small German primer from 1814, written by Friedrich August Junker and printed by the Pansa press, meant for beginning readers learning to read and think. Its two small woodcut vignettes are crude and decorative: the first shows three naked children kneeling around a stack of books, one holding a laurel wreath, and the second is a dark, blotchy floral ornament with curling scrolls. A designer could take from them the simple, rough-edged charm of early printed school decoration and its use of playful children as emblems of learning.
