Moralische Erzelungen für die Jugend : mit Kupfern
A German children's book of moral tales by Johann Spieker, published in 1823 by Fritsche, with hand-coloured copperplate engravings for young readers. The pictures show small, plainly staged scenes of genteel domestic life, a fallen man in a wood, a seated boy comforted at a garden door, a family gathering, and labourers at work, rendered in soft washes of blue, green and ochre that suit gentle period palettes and vignette layouts.
