Der schwarze Mann und andere Sachen, um böse Kinder brav zu machen : ein lustiges Bilderbuch für Kinder von drei bis sechs Jahren
A German children's picture book of 1897 by A. Noder, published by Seitz & Schauer, meant for children aged three to six and built around the cautionary figure of the black man who punishes naughty children. The pages pair rhymed verse in red-initial capitals with colour scenes of children, toys, a rooster, a stove and a black-clad bogeyman drawn in a soft, outlined, storybook style. A designer could take its hand-lettered decorative borders, flat pastel palette and simple folk-style figures as a model for vintage nursery or folk-art motifs.
