Item #27073 Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and Natural Reason, Suitable for the Offspring of a Free People, and for All Rational Beings. Joseph Neef.
Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and Natural Reason, Suitable for the Offspring of a Free People, and for All Rational Beings.

Sketch of a Plan and Method of Education, Founded on an Analysis of the Human Faculties, and Natural Reason, Suitable for the Offspring of a Free People, and for All Rational Beings.

Philadelphia: Printed for the Author, 1808. First Edition. Hardcover. Item #27073

[8], 168pp + foldout plate. Contemporary sheepskin, spine ruled in gold with red label lettered in gold. Neef established the first Pestalozzian school in the United States. This title was the first book on teaching methods published in English in the US. Previous owners' names on the front free endpaper and, in pencil, on the verso of the title, fore edge of one leaf torn, partially affecting text.; 12mo.

Price: $500.00

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