Pracht-Tier-ABC-Buch

M., Kohler, Specht, August · 1898 · Buch- u. Kunstverlag Carl Hirsch A.-G. · 16 pictures

Pracht-Tier-ABC-Buch is a German alphabet primer of animals published in 1898 by Buch- und Kunstverlag Carl Hirsch, with illustrations credited to M. Kohler and August Specht, aimed at young children learning letters. Its pages pair large chromolithographed letter initials with naturalistic animal studies set in soft, painted landscape backgrounds. A designer could take from it the decorative blackletter capitals and the warm, muted palette of earth tones, greens and cream paper used to present animals as clear, realistic subjects.

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