Der moralische und belehrende Bildermann : mit 12 illuminierten Kupfern
A German moral picture book of 1824 published by Götsche, with twelve hand-coloured copper engravings that teach lessons about diligence through the seasons of rural life. Its pictures show a gardener planting a sapling, harvesters in a field, apple picking in a farmyard and grape cutting in a vineyard, each captioned with a rhyming verse. A designer might take from them the simple flat colour, the tidy framed vignettes and the pastoral rhythm of seasonal labour scenes.
