[EMY (Henry)]. Kaleidoscope. Progressive alphabet of twenty-five illustrated letters. Maison Martinet. Paris. [1855]. Lith. by Godard in Paris. Imp. Simon Rançon et Comp. on rue d'Erfurth, 1, Paris. In-8 oblong (19,4 x 27,5 cm). 1 f. of lithographed title, (8) pp. 24 lithographed plates : binder of the publisher of English green chagrined paper, green percaline spine green cloth spine, boards with cold frames, title stamped in gilt letters on gilt on the first one. Uncommon alphabet. Twenty-five plates lithographed by Henry Emy (1820-1874), draughtsman and lithographer, who also worked for his children's books under the name of Télory. A plate where each letter of the title is carried by a child, eight pages of progressive reading method on fine paper, including two pages of typographic alphabets and twenty-four lithographed plates in black, one per letter (no W, x and Y on the same one). A large initial in relief, in the center, surrounded by multiple occurrences, the whole plate is illustrated, without space left. At the foot, the names of the occurrences are also lithographed. Slight restorations on the binding, renewed endpapers, edge of the first leaf formerly reinforced.