COINCHON (Albert). Masks and childish jesters. Alphabetical & artistic album. A. Martin & C°. Paris & London. [Circa 1870]. In-4 (30 x 21,8 cm). 1 f. of title, 1 f. of illustrated title, 26 lithographed plates in color : publisher's burgundy percaline boards, black stamped frames on the bevelled boards, title illustrated with a gilt-stamped gilt-stamped child on the first board, rosette and rich black stamped decoration in the center of the second board (Berger plate). Alphabet of theatrical characters finely illustrated by the painter, draftsman and sculptor, Albert Coinchon (circa 1845-1872). One composition per sheet, lithographed in colors and printed in recto. Two red letters, at the head, lower case and upper case, a child in the center, a famous theater character: Harlequin, Bobèche, Crispin, Debureau, Eraste, etc. A last page illustrates the W in a different way, a masked jester whose arms cross the legs of the blue and red letter. Uncommon album, in its publisher's cardboard. Percaline slightly rubbed at the foot of the spine and on the lower corner of the first cover, creases on the endpapers.