Der Kinderfreund
Der Kinderfreund is a German children's natural history primer by Friedrich Eberhard von Rochow and August Ludwig Hoppenstedt, published in 1829 by the Hahnsche Hofbuchhandlung for young readers. Its pages pair framed woodcut animals, such as an elephant, lion, camel, hippopotamus and crocodile, with short German captions set in boxed panels. A designer could draw on the simple, stiff line drawings, the centred stacked layout, and the globe-and-astronomy cut for a naive educational look.
