Asträa : zur Belehrung und Warnung für Deutschlands reifere Jugend : mit 8 gemalten Kupfern
Asträa is a German moral instruction book of 1835 by Lorenz Lang, published by Mäcken, meant to teach and warn older German youths with eight hand-coloured copper engravings. The pictures show domestic and street scenes in costume of different periods, with the figures' gestures and expressions carrying the moral lesson; a designer might borrow their compact staging, flat hand-coloured palette and interior framing for narrative vignettes.
