Abecedarians are poetry forms where usually, each word, line, or stanza of a poem begins with the first letter of the alphabet and continues until the last letter is reached. Examples of abecedarians and alphabet books are collected in this gallery.
A miniature book created from the scraps of Praise Basted In. The pages are woven and they unfold in an unusual way to reveal each letter of the alphabet on colorful paper.
King, Ron. Alphabeta Concertina Miniscule. Bosham, West Sussex, U.K.: Circle Press, 2007. N7433.4 .K55 A55 2007, Rare
Single strip is folded accordion-style to form 54 page surfaces, on every two of which is formed, by cutting of the paper, a lower-case letter of the alphabet (a-m on one side of the strip, n-z on the other).
Robinson, Alan James. A Fowl Alphabet: Twenty-Six Wood Engravings by Alan James Robinson; Lettering by Suzanne Moore. Easthampton, Mass.: Cheloniidae Press, 1986. QL674 .R628 1986, McIlhenny Natural History Collection
26 Wood engravings of birds paired with text from Our Living World: A Natural History by Rev. J. G. Wood, Vol. II Birds, 1885.
Sgantas, Judy. ABC of Bugs and Plants in a Northern Garden. Vermont: Janus Press, 2012. N7433.4 .S425 A3 2012, Rare
Collaboration between Judy Sgantas and Claire Van Vliet. This nonadhesive binding is a double alphabet book, with classical Roman letter forms entwined with plant life and insects. For each letter of the alphabet, a black and white image faces a second colored image, revealed by opening an opposing folded leaf. The content is about garden pests -- what attracts or repels them -- and a plant's defenses.