The Insect Alphabet
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Illustrations by Fortuné Méaulle for Alphabet des Insectes by Leon Becker (France, 1883)
The scans come from the Bibliothèque nationale de France. A previously-covered Cotsen exhibit says about the book:Insects stand in for people in this highly fanciful French alphabet. In addition to weight-lifting or parading down the boulevard, they file into church, ice skate, duel, dance, sail, paint, serenade a lover or invite her to dance, and, of course, improve their minds reading. Hetzel was one of the most important publishers of children's books in late nineteenth-century France, whose publications were distinguished by their handsome gold-stamped cloth bindings and excellent illustrations. You can see covers Meaulle (fr.wiki) did for Le Petit Journal here. Also see: Ready or Not, Here I Come Insect Stories from Estonia Eskimo Grasshoppers Birds, Beret, and Butterflies 
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