Neues und faßliches Lehrbuch zum Zeichnen und Mahlen nach richtigen Grundsätzen: Nebst einer neuen Methode, Kinder zeichnen und mahlen zu lehren ; Mit 30 schwarzen und 5 colorirten Kupfertafeln
A German drawing and painting manual by Stéphanie de Genlis, published in 1812, teaching correct principles of drawing and painting, with a method aimed at children. Its plates show trees and landscapes engraved in black on copper, with numbered tab labels and handwritten-style lettering naming each species. A designer could take from them the clear observational method of building trees from silhouette masses, branch structure, and leaf clusters, with simple tonal hatching and sparse foliage outlines.
