Grand alphabet comique des petits métiers de Paris. 5th series. Imagerie d'Epinal Founded in 1796. [Pellerin et Cie. ca. 1877]. In-8 (25,4 x 18,4 cm). 16 pp : woodcut and stenciled paper covers. Beautiful stenciled primer of trades. Two illustrations of small trades of Paris per page in an irregular frame decorated with yellow fleurons, beside them, a large red, yellow or blue initial decorated with yellow. Large grotesque faces close to caricatures. No W and the letters X, Y, Z on a single page featuring a circus acrobat act. In new condition. Provenance: Bertha A. Holbrook, with her handwritten bookplate. Attached in the same series: - ABC of the Doll. Pellerin et Cie Imps. Edits. [About 1880]. In-8 (25 x 18,5 cm). (16) pp. Child's handwriting on the first page, loose stitching. - Grand ABC des Enfants sages. Pellerin & Cie Imp. Edit. [1876]. In-8 (25 x 18,5 cm). (16) pp. Covers lined and first double leaf restored. Three large primers of Epinal imagery entirely colored with stencils.
Estimate
€150 - €200
Result
€937
Buyer's premium
25%
Grand alphabet comique des petits métiers de Paris.
5th series. Imagerie d'Epinal Founded in 1796. [Pellerin et Cie. ca. 1877]. In-8 (25,4 x 18,4 cm). 16 pp : woodcut and stenciled paper covers.
Beautiful stenciled primer of trades.
Two illustrations of small trades of Paris per page in an irregular frame decorated with yellow fleurons, beside them, a large red, yellow or blue initial decorated with yellow. Large grotesque faces close to caricatures. No W and the letters X, Y, Z on a single page featuring a circus acrobat act.
In new condition.
Provenance: Bertha A. Holbrook, with her handwritten bookplate.
Attached in the same series:
- ABC of the Doll. Pellerin et Cie Imps. Edits. [About 1880]. In-8 (25 x 18,5 cm). (16) pp.
Child's handwriting on the first page, loose stitching.
- Grand ABC des Enfants sages. Pellerin & Cie Imp. Edit. [1876]. In-8 (25 x 18,5 cm). (16) pp.
Covers lined and first double leaf restored.
Three large primers of Epinal imagery entirely colored with stencils.
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