BOUYER (A. C.). Pseudonym of Adrien Courcier. ADAM (Victor). Great imperial alphabet. Anecdotes and historical accounts by A. C. Bouyer. Illustrated with engravings and two-tone vignettes by Victor Adam. Librairie d'éducation A. Courcier, publisher. Rue Hautefeuille, 9, Paris. [1860]. Typography Arbieu. Poissy. Lithography Becquet frères. Paris. In-4 (26,3 x 21,5 cm). Lithographed and stenciled frontispiece, 45, (1) pp, (7) lithographed and stenciled plates, 1 f. of the publisher's catalog : chromolithographed publisher's paper boards, rich vegetal decoration framing the title and four scenes on the first plate, trellis in frame and accumulation of military toys on the second. Unique edition. Primer to the glory of the soldiers of the Empire entirely illustrated with lithographs colored after the drawings of Victor Adam. Letters and culs-de-lampe also from the hand of the painter. The work begins with four sheets of six vignettes showing an illustrated primer of soldiers (Invalid, Gardener on the same illustration, no W). Capital and small initials at the head, captions at the foot, from Artilleur to Zouave. Various alphabets, numerals, syllabaries, councils, accents and punctuation precede four moral tales illustrated with three lithographed and colored plates: La Bonne Blanche [Josephine in Martinique], La Pièce d'or et le morceau de pain, Trilby and Simon Bernard, whose portrait in general of the Empire adorns the frontispiece. Body of the book in perfect condition, as well as the boards, spines split.