Der Kleine Thierfreund : Zur Belehrung und Ermunterung der Jugend
Der Kleine Thierfreund is a German children's book of animal stories, published in 1849 by M. Simion and illustrated by Theodor Hosemann, with text aimed at teaching and encouraging young readers. Its pictures are small, fine line engravings of animals and rural scenes, showing a clear hand for narrative detail, with a designer able to draw on their crosshatched shading and vignette-style framing for period storybook compositions.
