What the hell, Germany?

Ok dudes, you have got to see this. I work at our university library, digitally enhancing brittle scanned books for reprinting, and in my days there I have come across some odd titles. There's just something about the pre-1900 publishing world that seems to generate bizarre material

The book I worked on today was German, and it may have been a children's book, I think. Even for a 19th century children's book, it's strange. Check out these pages:





Yes, that's a monkey wearing a crown stabbing himself in the chest with a fork. Any thoughts?

I know how to use photoshoppe

I was just messing around with brush transparency and I made this. Not exactly what you'd call professional, but I kinda like it.