Das Buch der Dinge : ein Bilderbuch für ganz kleine Kinder
A 1922 German picture book by Tom Seidmann-Freud, published by Mauritius-Verlag, made for very young children and presenting everyday objects and animals in simple scenes. The pictures are hand-coloured with flat, soft washes in pale peach, yellow, grey and green, outlined in fine dark lines and set on plain cream grounds with black-letter German captions. A designer might take from them the pared-down, toy-like charm of early children's illustration, its limited palette, and its naive, stylised treatment of animals, vehicles and figures.
