PORRET (Henri Désiré). Alphabet for children. Illustrated with pretty vignettes engraved by Porret. Langlois and Leclercq. Rue de la Harpe, 81. Paris. Printed by Plon frères, rue de Vaugirard, 36 [1842]. In-12 (15,8 x 10,4 cm). (36) pp. : cardboard covers with ornate frames, the first illustrated with a vignette showing a mother reading to her children (signed Thompson), bookstore catalog on the second. First edition of a beautiful woodcut alphabet, stenciled with humorous subjects and caricatures, by Henri Porret (1800-1867) Twenty-five mid-page compositions (no W) with a full-length figure representing the occurrence, mostly on a sky-blue watercolor background. Upper and lower case letters, at the head, caption name separated into syllables as well as a list of words in large print to spell, placed at the foot. Very amusing subjects; A of Address to Z of Zephyr. A well preserved and sought after copy, spine slightly rubbed.