Blüthen : dem blühenden Alter gewidmet
Blüthen, dedicated to young readers in the bloom of youth, is a German illustrated book of moral tales by Christoph von Schmid, published in 1830 by Anton Mausberger with plates after Johann Josef Schindler. The single plate is a fine engraving of an old man seated on a log in a dense forest, his back to a basket and jug, with a woman peering from behind a tree and a caption in German beneath; a designer could draw on its layered foliage and soft tonal shading for a rustic woodland scene.
