ABC-Buch für kleine und große Kinder, gezeichnet von Dresdner Künstlern
An 1876 German alphabet book published by Wigand, drawn by Dresden artists Robert Reinick and Ferdinand von Hiller for young children and adults alike. Each letter page pairs a framed etched vignette with an ornamental initial and a caption word, such as Weinen with grapes, Quacksalber with a market crowd, Mutter with a mother and child, and Pilger Pfennig with a pilgrim blessing children. A designer might borrow the boxed letter-plus-scene layout, the scrolled ornamental caption bands, and the calm monochrome line work.
