[DAUMIER]. Children’s Vocabulary: A Picturesque Dictionary I - Lot 127

[DAUMIER]. Children’s Vocabulary: A Picturesque Dictionary Illustrated with Numerous Small Drawings. First edition and first printing of the illustrations. A delightful way to learn French vocabulary! Paris, Aubert, 1839. Large 8vo, pine-green half-basane leather, smooth spine decorated lengthwise with a design of gilded arabesques, covers of green percaline stamped with floral motifs. 580 pp., 1 publisher’s insert (New Year’s gift edition), numerous vignettes in the text. Normal wear and scuffing on the binding, some foxing, especially in the first part of the volume. First edition and first printing of the more than 150 woodcut vignettes based on works by Daumier, Grandville, Monnier, Gavarni, Meissonier, Jean Gigoux, Lorentz, and Wattier. On the inside front cover, a bookplate vignette bearing the initials “MF.” A fine copy.