Neuestes A-B-C-Bilderbuch für die lieben Kleinen
An 1870 German alphabet picture book for young children, printed as a chromolithographed sheet pairing each letter with a labelled object and a rhyme. The pages show letters in decorative blackletter, roman and cursive forms beside everyday things such as a funnel, drum, violin, bird cage, fork, bell and hedgehog. A designer could draw on the bright flat colours, the mix of printed type and handwriting, and the compact arrangement of objects around a central letter.
