Crait+Muller Charenton-Vincennes
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A collection of reference works on alphabet books.
See original version (French)
121
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A collection of reference works on alphabet books.
See original version (French)
Estimate €80 - €120
Voluntary lot
Description
A collection of reference works on alphabet books.
1/ - Jarkas, Bernard. - *L'Art des abécédaires français*. Paris, Presses Universitaires de Rennes & la Compagnie des mots, 2018. Large quarto, illustrated publisher’s cloth binding – 600 pp. [1 folio]. Illustrated with numerous colour reproductions of books. The definitive work on the subject.
2/ - Le Men, Ségolène. - *Illustrated French ABC Books of the 19th Century*. Paris, Promodis, 1984. Publisher’s percaline quarto with colour dust jacket – 338 pp. Illustrated with 297 black-and-white reproductions of books and 8 colour plates.
3/ - Litaudon-Bonnardot, Marie-Pierre. – Children’s ABC Books. Verbe & image. Presses Universitaires de Rennes & Institut Mémoires de l’édition contemporaine, 2014. In-4, publisher’s hardback with colour illustrations – 398 pp. Illustrated with 543 colour reproductions of alphabet books.
4/ - City of Paris. Historical Collection of Children’s Literature. Catalogue of books printed before 1914. Paris, Bibliothèque de l’Heure Joyeuse. 1987. Quarto, paperback – 216 pp. Illustrated with reproductions, including 32 in colour.
5/ - Baldwin, Ruth M. – 100 nineteenth-century rhyming alphabets in English. London and Amsterdam, Fepper & Simons, 1972. Quarto, cloth-bound with publisher’s colour dust jacket – 296 pp. Numerous illustrations, including colour ones.
6/ – Duvallon, Jean. – Les Abécédairzes. Mots et merveilles. La Mémoire du temps. n.p. De Borée, 2010. In-4, paperback with colour cover and flaps – 192 pp. Numerous colour illustrations.
7/ - Catalogue of the ‘Harfi harfine’ exhibition published in 1998, which explores the history of scripts and alphabets from the Ottoman period through to the modern era.
Two booksellers’ catalogues are included:
- Justin G. Schiller, New York. November 1992. 350 entries for children’s books only.
- Roger Castaing Library. Part Two. Paris, Drouot Rive-Gauche, 9 and 10 November 1977. 358 items described.
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About the sale
Sale of antique and modern books
Auction location
Auction time
10/01/2026 at 10:00 AM
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