Original-Volks-Mährchen der Deutschen für Jung und Alt : Mit kolorirten Kupfern
A German illustrated collection of folk tales, published in 1849 by the Literarisch-antiquarisches Bureau and aimed at children and adults alike, with hand-coloured copper engravings by Patzschke. The three plates show costumed figures in a stout, mustachioed man flirting with a veiled woman, a parlour scene with a haloed figure and onlookers, and a yellow coach pulled by a brown horse under a stormy sky. A designer might take the flat, slightly naive colour blocking and the theatrical gesturing poses as a reference for period costume or a storybook look.
