LEVILLY (Philéad). [Original drawings]. No address, no place, no date. [France. ca. 1850]. (20 x 14 cm). (9) hardback plates illustrated in wash and graphite: enclosed in burgundy cloth folder and slipcase with matching morocco spine, five-ribbed ornate spine, title in English. Precious complete set of nine original drawings by the draughtsman and lithographer Philéad Levilly (1803-1883), for a primer. A signed frontispiece showing a mother and her two children at the zoological garden, followed by eight plates of three animal illustrations (no W, X, Y on the same illustration). Precise pencil and wash drawings with the underlined pencil initial of the animal's name to their right. Unique meeting in perfect condition.