Search Results: Titles starting with E from Patrick Olson Rare Books

[7], 22-283, [1] p. | 206 x 132 mm ¶ Later edition of the proto-libertarian's thoughts on education. --- PROVENANCE: With the illustrated bookplate of Emile Jacques Grumieaux (1897-1954). Born in Belgium, Grumieaux came to America as a child, later studying at the Art Institute of Chicago and the Chicago Academy of Fine Arts. A landscape and still life specialist, Grumieaux painted and exhibited throughout the Midwest. ¶ Marginal pencil markings throughout. --- CONDITION: Contemporary half brown leather and marbled boards; top edge gilt. ¶ Chipping at the head of the spine, but a strong a copy. Apparently complete, pagination notwithstanding.

GIRLS' EXAM NOTICE FOR PAMPLONA PUBLIC SCHOOL ¶ [8] p. | 4to | [A]^4 | 208 x 155 mm ¶ The earliest published examination notice we've found for girls enrolled at the Pamplona public school managed by the Madres Beatas Dominicas de Santa Catalina. At least according to Spain's 1825 Plan y reglamento de escueles de primeras letras, in addition to basic catechism, reading, and writing, these girls would have been taught "the appropriate work of their sex: to know how to make socks, to cut and sew commonly used clothing, embroidery and lace making, and other skills typically taught to girls" (Berrio). This curriculum does conform to the subjects enumerated in the present notice: catechism, reading, writing, sewing, darning, needle point, embroidery, and political catechism. ¶ The notice lists dozens of individual girls under these eight subjects, which perhaps correspond roughly to age and progression through school. The largest number of students, for example, face the basic catechism… Read More