Mährchen aus der Fabelwelt : mit 6 Kupfern
A German fable collection of 1809 published by Carl Maucke, illustrated with six hand-coloured copperplate engravings for young readers. The pictures are printed sideways on the page, showing animals acting as human characters in woodland and village scenes. A designer might take from them the spare line work, the muted olive and ochre wash, and the way animals stand in for people in narrative tableaux.
