Mariechen-Buch
A children's rhyme book published in 1848 by C. A. Eyraud's Buchhandlung, a German publisher, for young readers. Its pictures are small, loose pen-and-ink vignettes with light hatching on cream paper: birds in flight over a tiled roof with a chimney, a shepherd with a flock and a horse-drawn carriage in a meadow, and two seated putti on clouds. A designer could take the economical line work and the storybook charm of simple scenes, useful for playful editorial spot illustrations.
