Deutsches ABC : bildlich dargestellt ; Belohnung für fleißige Kinder
A German alphabet primer, Deutsches ABC, published in 1825 by Gropius, meant as a reward for diligent children and pairing each letter with a picture and verse. The pages show a dense grid of small etched vignettes with rhyming German captions beneath, such as a lion, a rooster, a hammock, a hussar on horseback, a church, and a map of Europe. A designer might take the compact labelled-grid layout, the crisp hatched linework, and the simple folk-costume figures as a model for picture-led educational charts.
