MICHEL (Miss Julia). Miniature primer in actions. Memories of a little girl. By Miss Julia Michel. Désirée Eymery, Quai Voltaire, 15. Aubert et compagnie, Galerie Véro-Dodat. Paris. 1839. Printed by L. B. Thomassin et Cie, rue Saint-Sauveur, 30. In-16 oblong (12 x 15.2 cm). 104 pp, (16) lithographed, colored and gummed plates: publisher's binding, chocolate half-chagrin, moiré paper boards of the same color bearing the title in gilt letters, double gilt framing frieze, gilt decoration on the spine. Delicate small format with sixteen plates of lithographs colored and enhanced with gum arabic. One to two letters per plate of several illustrations (X, Y, Z on the same plate, no W). Each small illustration is captioned with its name. In the form of childhood memories, the author, for each initial and each drawing, tells a story, sometimes very personal. Rare work. Some light foxing on the text leaves, spine and endpapers renewed.