Der kleine Thierfreund : Lehrreiche Erzählungen und Schilderungen aus dem Leben der Thiere ; Mit 6 colorirten Bildern
Der kleine Thierfreund is an 1870 German children's picture book of instructive stories and descriptions of animal life, published by August Riese and illustrated by Theodor Hosemann for young readers. Its pictures are small black-and-white wood engravings, some hand-coloured, with rustic village scenes, storks on rooftops, and a squirrel on a branch; a designer might borrow their loose, hatched linework and tidy vignette framing for storybook or nature layouts.
