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Wie's im Hause geht, nach dem Alphabet : In 25 Bildern entworfen und auf Holz gezeichnnet von Oscar Pletsch. In Holzschnitt ausgeführt von H[ugo] Bürkner

Pletsch, Oscar, Bürkner, Hugo · 1865 · Verlag der Weidmannschen Buchhandlung · 27 pictures

An 1865 German alphabet picture book, Wie's im Hause geht, designed by Oscar Pletsch and cut in woodblock by Hugo Bürkner for the Weidmann publishing house in Berlin, with one household scene per letter. Each framed plate pairs a letter medallion with a small rhyming verse printed beneath a black-and-white domestic interior. The drawings are clear, orderly and warmly observed, showing how a designer might build narrative vignettes of family life with simple line, strong contour and tidy framing.

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