Alphabet in figures. J. Langlumé and Peltier. Rue du Foin St Jacques. 11 [Paris. 1840]. Printed by J. B. Gros. Rue du Foin St Jacques. In-12 (17.7 x 11.3 cm). 48 pp, (24) stencil colored plates : publisher's dark blue glossy paper boards, gilt decoration on the boards. Unique and rare edition. Primer decorated with beautiful engraved plates colored with stencils. Letter A, Guardian Angel in frontispiece, engraved title, and twenty-two plates of letters with various occurrences with, opposite, a didactic text corresponding to the illustrated letter. V, x and Y, Z on the same plates, no W. B, Beneficence, C, Courage, D, Duguesclin [sic], F, Mother's Day, H, Henri IV, L, Reading Lesson, M, Molière, N, Napoleon, O, Orang-Outang, P, Peter the Great, etc. Very nice period colors. Pale freckles on the text pages opposite the plates, restorations on the spine and the cuts, slightly loose stitching. Provenance: Alfredo Provinciali (1869-1929), famous Italian Art Nouveau architect, with his handwritten bookplate.