Abécédaire en estampes

1815. [ALPHABET]. BLANCHARD, Pierre. Abécédaire en estampes. 74 pp., including 25 engraved and hand coloured plates. 117 x 181 mm., later binding in blonde calf. Paris: Bellavoine & Lecerf; Blanchard, 1815. A delightful alphabet with the engravings depicting Parisian trades, some of them quite unusual such as vinaigrier, tondeur de chiens and decroteur. This copy distinguished by the plates being in fine contemporary hand colouring. OCLC lists only Indiana and Harvard.