TEACHING AND COMMONPLACING
Lectures, in connection with the educational exhibition of the Society of Arts, Manufacturers, and Commerce, delivered at st. martin's hall.
London.
G. Routledge & Co., 1854.
First edition.
8vo.
viii, 279pp, [1]. With a half-title. Contemporary gilt-tooled half- calf, marbled paper boards, contrasting black morocco lettering- piece. Very slightly rubbed. Early inked ownership inscription to head of title page.
A rare anthology of lectures delivered at the 1854 exhibition organised by The Royal Society for the Encouragement of Arts, Manufactures and Commerce.
The diverse speeches include physician and statistician William Augustus Guy's (bap. 1810, d. 1885) 'On the Use of Common-place Books in Self-Education'; principal of the West of England Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, William Robson Scott's (1811-1877) 'On Teaching the Deaf and Dumb'; and Cardinal Wiseman's (1802-1864) 'Home Education of the Poor'.
£ 250.00
Antiquates Ref: 19717
The diverse speeches include physician and statistician William Augustus Guy's (bap. 1810, d. 1885) 'On the Use of Common-place Books in Self-Education'; principal of the West of England Institution for the Education of the Deaf and Dumb, William Robson Scott's (1811-1877) 'On Teaching the Deaf and Dumb'; and Cardinal Wiseman's (1802-1864) 'Home Education of the Poor'.
