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Lot n° 50

Comical military alphabet. Without address, place,...

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Comical military alphabet. Without address, place, or date. [Pellerin. 1879]. (12.7 x 12.7 cm). Leporello of (11) lithographed and stenciled plates: publisher's yellow paper boards, first plate A, B, bearing the title, lithographed and stenciled, applied to the first board. Very attractive lithographs with vivid colors and enhanced with gold. Two letters per page (X, Y, Z on the same one, no W) accompanied by two soldiers placed in a natural setting. A sky blue band, at the foot, bears their names. Very realistic characters occupying all the space of the plate. Entirely hand colored with stencil and in perfect condition.