Christkind : Bilder und Lieder ; [14 Chromolithographien mit 13 Blätter Text]

Gerok, Karl, Mohn, Viktor Paul · 1887 · Verlag von Greiner & Pfeiffer · 14 pictures

A German Christmas picture book of 1887 by poet Karl Gerok and illustrator Viktor Paul Mohn, published by Greiner & Pfeiffer, with fourteen chromolithographs paired with verses for children. The pictures are warm, finely detailed colour prints of Nativity scenes set in timber-framed interiors, with soft lamplight, rich drapery and carefully observed period domestic detail a designer could draw on for seasonal palettes, folk-style borders and historical costume.

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