Kinder und Jugendbücher from the 18th century
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A gallery of scanned German children's books from the 18th and 19th centuries. Sounds dry, but the plates are high-resolution and gorgeous. Fans of old-school engraving, illustration, and Bibliodyssey-esque curiosities will not be disappointed. Highly extensive and bandwidth-intensive.
Making any particular recommendation at all is difficult since there is so much excellent content to choose from and I haven't perused it all, but be sure to check out:
Bilder-Catechismus
Naturgeschichte für Kinder
Lehrreiche Fabeln
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 6:08 PM on June 12, 2010
Bilder-Catechismus
Naturgeschichte für Kinder
Lehrreiche Fabeln
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 6:08 PM on June 12, 2010
Be still my bibliophilic heart! The Robinsonades are beautiful.
posted by New England Cultist at 6:22 PM on June 12, 2010 [1 favorite]
posted by New England Cultist at 6:22 PM on June 12, 2010 [1 favorite]
Das Nationen-Alphabet ist allerdings nicht modern.
Vielen Dank!
posted by vkxmai at 6:39 PM on June 12, 2010
Vielen Dank!
posted by vkxmai at 6:39 PM on June 12, 2010
Doesn't sound dry at all. I can't think of a better way to spend a Saturday night than enjoying these.
Well, I could think of a better way. But this is a good post and some of those images are very nice. Thank you.
posted by marxchivist at 6:41 PM on June 12, 2010
Well, I could think of a better way. But this is a good post and some of those images are very nice. Thank you.
posted by marxchivist at 6:41 PM on June 12, 2010
Eponysterical, marxchivist!
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 7:25 PM on June 12, 2010
posted by computech_apolloniajames at 7:25 PM on June 12, 2010
This one is weirdly modern
Hmmm. I guess that didn't work. I was referring to New England Cultist 's link, plate number 6.
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:36 PM on June 12, 2010
Hmmm. I guess that didn't work. I was referring to New England Cultist 's link, plate number 6.
posted by StickyCarpet at 7:36 PM on June 12, 2010
Oh, wonderful stuff. Thanks so much for digging this up! Check out the giraffe.
posted by Mizu at 7:38 PM on June 12, 2010
posted by Mizu at 7:38 PM on June 12, 2010
I had a whole shelf-full of children's stories, legends, fables, fairy tales and nursery rhymes, in leatherbound hardback, with engravings to illustrate each story, very similar to these. I learned to read on that stuff, and now I can find no mention if it online.
My favorites were the American myths, with tales of Coyote and the Thunderbird filling my childhood dreams. There was also a German (I think) volume, with all of the Brothers Grimm stuff. Best illustrations, by far, but the Coyote stories just struck something with me.
I wish I could track them down, I want a set for my little girl to pull off the shelf and read when she's old enough, like I did. Messy, drooling, snotty kid, and my parents just let me man-handle their books... I was so in love with them, I near destroyed them. I think my sister did them in for good, because they weren't on the shelves after we moved when I was 11.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:47 PM on June 12, 2010
My favorites were the American myths, with tales of Coyote and the Thunderbird filling my childhood dreams. There was also a German (I think) volume, with all of the Brothers Grimm stuff. Best illustrations, by far, but the Coyote stories just struck something with me.
I wish I could track them down, I want a set for my little girl to pull off the shelf and read when she's old enough, like I did. Messy, drooling, snotty kid, and my parents just let me man-handle their books... I was so in love with them, I near destroyed them. I think my sister did them in for good, because they weren't on the shelves after we moved when I was 11.
posted by Slap*Happy at 7:47 PM on June 12, 2010
Ah yes, I have vague good memories of this site. Good call.
posted by peacay at 9:01 PM on June 12, 2010
posted by peacay at 9:01 PM on June 12, 2010
Ha! I couldn't imagine you hadn't seen it, peacay, but I didn't think to search BO. I came to it roundabout via ephemera collecting man and Agence Eureka, I think.
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 10:58 PM on June 12, 2010
posted by BlackLeotardFront at 10:58 PM on June 12, 2010
So are these are all public domain?
posted by motorcycles are jets at 8:27 AM on June 13, 2010
posted by motorcycles are jets at 8:27 AM on June 13, 2010
Should have guessed you'd already have seen it, p. (Can I just grab this chance to say thanks very much for your terrific site and your stuff on flickr?)
posted by jfuller at 10:37 AM on June 13, 2010
posted by jfuller at 10:37 AM on June 13, 2010
-So are these are all public domain?-
I am certainly no expert and my understanding might be off base but I don't think 'public domain' means the same thing in Germany.
While it might be technically copyright-free, I believe that, by law, usage of any books and digital images owned by national institutions warrant a fee payable to the government and collected by each institution.
At least, this was what I was officially told a couple of years ago trying to get usage permission for 19th cent. images to put in a book. I don't remember if they said it was just for commercial use or not (I suspect it is).
posted by peacay at 7:35 PM on June 13, 2010
I am certainly no expert and my understanding might be off base but I don't think 'public domain' means the same thing in Germany.
While it might be technically copyright-free, I believe that, by law, usage of any books and digital images owned by national institutions warrant a fee payable to the government and collected by each institution.
At least, this was what I was officially told a couple of years ago trying to get usage permission for 19th cent. images to put in a book. I don't remember if they said it was just for commercial use or not (I suspect it is).
posted by peacay at 7:35 PM on June 13, 2010
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