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Practical Education
Maria Edgeworth; Richard Lovell Edgeworth
1798
J. Johnson : London
11" by 9"
[4], 387-775, [19pp]
SUMMARY
The first edition of Maria Edgeworth's important educational treatise, written with her father, Richard Lovell Edgeworth.
First Edition,Folding Plates,Original Binding
Overall Condition: Good
This book weighs 1.5 KG when packed
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DESCRIPTION
The first edition.
Half-title is present.
Illustrated with two folding plates. Collated, complete.
Volume II only of a total of two volumes, lacking Volume I.
Final leaf contains corrections and errata.
ESTC citation number T137068.
Written by Maria Edgeworth and her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth, 'Practical Education' is a treatise on education which takes a scientific approach to the subject.
Edgeworth combines the ideas of the philosophers John Locke and Rousseau, as well as the reformers William Godwin and Catharine Macaulay.
Maria Edgeworth was a leading Georgian author, known for her novels such as 'Belinda', with her admirers including Jane Austen.
CONDITION
In the original paper covered boards. Externally, large tide mark to the front board. Minor bumping to the head and tail of the spine and to the extremities. Marks to the boards and spine, including an ink number to the spine. Spine is a little age-toned with a small amount of loss to the tail. Tide mark to the front endpapers. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are very lightly age-toned and generally clean with a few light spots, and a faint tide mark to the head of the title page.
Overall Condition: Good
GLOSSARY OF TERMS
Overall Condition
(Dustwrapper condition rating is shown after that for the book itself, where a dustwrapper is present)
Fine - Very well preserved copy showing very little wear
Very Good Indeed - Only one or two minor faults, really a very attractive copy
Very Good - Quite a wide term meaning no major faults but probably several smaller ones
often expected given the age of the book, but still a respectable copy
Good - Meaning not very good. Some more serious faults as will
be described in the condition report under 'condition'
Good Only - Meaning one or more faults that could really do with repair
Fair - As with good only above but with other faults
leaving a compromised copy even after repair
Poor - Really bad and possibly seriously incomplete.
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