Unterhaltungen für die Freistunden fleißiger und gesitteter Kinder
An 1840 German children's picture book, Unterhaltungen für die Freistunden fleißiger und gesitteter Kinder, by Lucie Werner with illustrations by Johann Michael Voltz, published by Fleischhauer & Spohn for diligent, well-behaved children. The hand-coloured plates, shown here rotated on the page, depict woodland walks, a horse-drawn cart in a town street, a crowded indoor scene, and riders on horseback, with flat tinted colour and small figures in period dress that suggest simple storybook staging a designer could borrow for vintage palettes.
