Auswahl vorzüglicher Gedichte zur angenehmen und nützlichen Unterhaltung für die Jugend : Mit feinen Abbildungen
An 1831 German anthology of selected poems, published by Eyraud, meant as pleasant and instructive reading for young people. Its four pictures are fine pencil-like lithographs in soft grey tone, showing a classical scene with a hero among soldiers, a man in a feathered hat confronting a seated figure beside a portrait, a knight fighting in a forest, and a skeleton tending a fire while an old man tends a roasting spit. A designer could take from them the tonal shading, crisp contour and theatrical staging typical of early nineteenth-century children's book plates.
