Les etudes convenables aux demoiselles, Contenant la Grammaire, la Poesie, la Rhétorique, le Commerce des Lettres, la Chronologie, la Géographie, l'Histoire, la Fable Heroique, la Fable Morale, les Regles de la Bienfeance & un court Traité d'Arithmétique. Ouvrage destiné aux jeunes Pensionnaires des Communautés & Maisons Religieuses.
A Lille: Chez André-Joseph Panckoucke...Chez Tilliard... 1749. First edition of an often reprinted school book for young women, published by André-Joseph Packhoucke (1700-1753), the founder of the Packoucke publishing firm. The Panckouckes were known for publishing educational manuals and reference books. André-Joseph's son Charles Joseph published carried the company firmly into the Enlightenment, with his publication of l'Encyclopédie méthodique (1780) and others. The first edition is quite uncommon: OCLC lists copies at Bryn Mawr and the University of Wisconsin only in North America. Corners, head of spine of Vol. II lightly worn. A very good set. Contemporary calf, gilt-decorated spines with pastepaper labels, edges stained red. Two volumes, twelvemo. xxxvi, 479; [2], 534, [3] pp. Item #17023
Subjects dealt with include grammar, poetry, history, geography, and arithmetic. In the preface, the author lauds women as educators of families and moral exemplars for men.
Cioranescu 488942.
Price: $650.00