Die Tante Fabula : ein Lesebuch mit Bildern zum Nutzen und Vergnügen für fleißige Kinder
Die Tante Fabula is an 1844 German reader for diligent children, compiled by Carl Ludwig Fernow and printed by Friedrich Bartholomäus. Its hand-coloured lithographs show animals dressed as people in fable scenes, with a donkey scholar, a cat in a ruff, a cat in a blue coat with a rabbit and weasel, and rats gathered around a drum beneath a cloth. A designer could take the bright flat colour, the clothed animal characters and the storybook composition with small Gothic and village backdrops.
