Mara oder das Buch der Sagen : mit 4 illuminirten Kupfern
Mara oder das Buch der Sagen is a German story collection of legends published in 1841 by Künzel and written by August Heinrich, with four hand-coloured copper engravings for readers of the period. The four plates sit within ornate neo-Gothic and classical frames, showing scenes of two men meeting in woodland, a man dancing beside a tree stump, courtiers in red and ermine addressing a seated man, and a woman and a knight resting beneath a tree with a white horse. A designer could take the framed plate layouts, the soft hand colouring and the pale ochre paper tone as a model for vintage storybook pages.
