PORRET (Henri Désiré). - Lot 289

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PORRET (Henri Désiré). - Lot 289
PORRET (Henri Désiré). Alphabet for children. Illustrated with pretty vignettes engraved by Porret. Langlois and Leclercq. Rue de la Harpe, 81. Paris. Printed by Plon frères, rue de Vaugirard, 36 [1842]. In-12 (15,8 x 10,4 cm). (36) pp. : cardboard covers with ornate frames, the first illustrated with a vignette showing a mother reading to her children (signed Thompson), bookstore catalog on the second. First edition of a beautiful woodcut alphabet, stenciled with humorous subjects and caricatures, by Henri Porret (1800-1867) Twenty-five mid-page compositions (no W) with a full-length figure representing the occurrence, mostly on a sky-blue watercolor background. Upper and lower case letters, at the head, caption name separated into syllables as well as a list of words in large print to spell, placed at the foot. Very amusing subjects; A of Address to Z of Zephyr. A well preserved and sought after copy, spine slightly rubbed.
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