I Have Heard Of Alphabet Soup,

and just now about a alphabet typeface,

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each letter, well with the exception of J and W are represented,

the frontispiece, 

with explanation after each illustration,

after each letter a guide is printed, 

all the way from 'A',

to 'Z', a monumental task, 

for Antonio Basoli (1774-1848),

and I nearly forgot, there is a there is also a ampersand,

for the full alphabet have a look here.