Geburtstagsbuch für Kinder : mit 382 Illustrationen
A German children's birthday book issued by Theodor Stroefer's Kunstverlag in 1880, with illustrations by Kate Greenaway and text adapted by Helene Binder from Sale Barker's work. The pictures are colour-printed scenes of rural and village children at play, picking fruit and dancing, with soft pastel palettes, bonnets and high-waisted dresses that suggest Regency-era fashion. A designer could draw on their gently stylised figures, flat pastel colour areas and loose outdoor compositions for vintage greeting card or nursery-style layouts.
