A collection of two illustrated alphabets featuring caricatu - Lot 154

A collection of two illustrated alphabets featuring caricature portraits of everyday people. 1/ - [Henreaux, Lucien]. - Silhouettes. Alphabet. Folio-sized loose-leaf set in an illustrated portfolio with a cloth-bound spine and drawstrings. No place, no date [c. 1900]. Complete set of 25 silhouette portraits and caricatures (the letter W is missing) ranging from “Avocat” to “Zouave.” Drawings lightly enhanced with color. The portfolio and some of the plates are signed with the initials L.S.H. 2/ - Hermann, Paul. - Alphabet for Older Children. Unpublished album. Preface by Henry Bauër. Paris, H. Simonis, Empis, 1898. Folio size, blue half-percale binding, red title label, covers intact—[4 pp.]. Complete set of the 26 letters of the alphabet, each featuring a portrait from “Amour” to “Zéro.”