first edition Contemporary calf over paste-paper boards, gilt spine
An VIII [i.e. 180?]. · A Genève:
by Edgeworth, Maria [and Richard Lovell Edgeworth]
A Genève: Chez Manget. J.J. Paschoud. Et à Paris. MagimeL.. An VIII [i.e. 180?]. First French edition of "the most important work on general pedagogy toappear in this country between…Locke's Thoughts…and Herbert Spencer's Essay in 1861" (Muirhead, The English at School, p. 57). The fifty-page translator's preface contains a significant discussion of Maria Edgeworth's views on education, as well as an explanation of the liberties he has taken with the text. Pictet had a lengthy correspondence with Richard Lovell Edgeworth. Contemporary calf over paste-paper boards, gilt spine. Octavo. Two small tears at top of spine, front joint starting to crack. Intermittent (truncated)