AURRENS (Henri). [Original drawings for ABC]. [Paris. ca. 1920]. 15 plates on strong paper (27 x 20,5 cm) in Indian ink and repentirs in white gouache, signed H. Aurrens, at the foot of the first and last plate, 15 prints on fine paper (27 x 19,5 cm) with the coloring in gouache, modern protective red laid folder and case, black spine (Atelier Devauchelle). Unique complete set of the fifteen original drawings in black and the fifteen prints with the gouache coloring of the alphabet published at Librairie Garnier, in Paris in 1928, and drawn by the Marseille painter Henri Aurrens (1873-1934). A recognized artist, he was, during his Parisian career, a caricaturist for the press. Cover and fourteen plates of letters, in a circle or a square, accompanied by illustrated occurrences without captions. The originals in Indian ink have repentirs in white gouache. On the reverse of the first cover plate, a handwritten note in pencil, certainly in the hand of the artist, reads "Hri Aurrens, painter 67 rue Lepic Paris 18e, 1920." Perfectly preserved originals, enclosed in a handsome Devauchelle slipcase. Is attached the book : - ABC. Librairie Garnier. 6, rue des Saints-Pères. Paris. 1928. Printed by Paul Dupont. Paris. In-4 (31,3 x 23,5 cm). (16) pp. including covers : strong paper covers illustrated in colors, a pierrot and a woman, the night under lanterns bearing the letters ABC, on the first one, letters X, Y and Z, on the second one. Spine partly split. Provenance: Bertha Holbrook, with her handwritten bookplate.