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Nature displayed in her mode of teaching Language to Man; being a new and infallible Method of acquiring Languages with unparalleled rapidity; deduced from the analysis of the human mind, and consequently suited to every capacity: adapted to the French: To which is prefixed a development of the author's plan of tuition, differing entirely from every other; so powerful in its operation, and so very economical, that a liberal education can be afforded even to the poorest of mankind; By which is obtained th
by N.G. Dufief [Nicolas Gouin]
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- Very Good, remarkably square binding, calf rubbed at extremities, pushed bottom corners, front board bowed, pp 267-272 dog eared
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Philadelphia: Printed for and sold by the author, 1821. The Fourth Edition, "Considerably Improved and Enlarged. Leather bound octavo (8-1/2 in): contemporary tree calf, spine ruled in gilt, gilt leather label. 416 [2] 92 pp. Very Good, remarkably square binding, calf rubbed at extremities, pushed bottom corners, front board bowed, pp 267-272 dog eared, foxed throughout, soiled text block, else a handsome and well-preserved copy, especially strong for its age.. Gorgeous tree calf binding on this copy (Volume 1 only) of Dufief's groundbreaking tome for a new system of teaching the French language to English pupils. Dufief (1776-1834) was a French National who emigrated to England and then America, where he became an educator, bookseller, author, and correspondent with many notable people of the time such as Thomas Jefferson and Joseph Priestley.
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- Better Read Than Dead
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- Title
- Nature displayed in her mode of teaching Language to Man; being a new and infallible Method of acquiring Languages with unparalleled rapidity; deduced from the analysis of the human mind, and consequently suited to every capacity: adapted to the French
- Author
- N.G. Dufief [Nicolas Gouin]
- Format/Binding
- Leather bound octavo (8-1/2 in): contemporary tree calf, spine ruled in gilt, gilt leather label. 416 [2] 92 pp
- Book Condition
- Used - Very Good, remarkably square binding, calf rubbed at extremities, pushed bottom corners, front board bowed, pp 267-272 dog eared
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- The Fourth Edition, "Considerably Improved and Enlarged
- Publisher
- Printed for and sold by the author
- Place of Publication
- Philadelphia
- Date Published
- 1821
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- Calf
- Calf or calf hide is a common form of leather binding. Calf binding is naturally a light brown but there are ways to treat the...
- Soiled
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- New
- A new book is a book previously not circulated to a buyer. Although a new book is typically free of any faults or defects, "new"...
- Foxed
- Foxing is the age related browning, or brown-yellowish spots, that can occur to book paper over time. When this aging process...
- Octavo
- Another of the terms referring to page or book size, octavo refers to a standard printer's sheet folded four times, producing...
- Text Block
- Most simply the inside pages of a book. More precisely, the block of paper formed by the cut and stacked pages of a book....
- Spine
- The outer portion of a book which covers the actual binding. The spine usually faces outward when a book is placed on a shelf....
- Gilt
- The decorative application of gold or gold coloring to a portion of a book on the spine, edges of the text block, or an inlay in...
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