Maria Edgeworth; R. L. Edgeworth [Richard Lovell Edgeworth] — Practical Education

London, J. Johnson, 1801. Leather. Beautifully bound in tree calf, this is the three volume second edition of this controversial theory of education from novelist Maria Edgeworth and her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth. The second edition of this work, complete in three volumes. First published in a single volume in 1798, this second edition was expanded to three volumes. Illustrated with three plates, one of which is folding, to volume II. Collated, complete. An educational treatise by Maria Edgeworth and her father Richard Lovell Edgeworth, offering a comprehensive theory of education that combines the ideas of philosophers John Locke and Jean-Jacques Rousseau as well as of educational writers such as Thomas Day, William Godwin, Joseph Priestley, and Catharine Macaulay. They encourage hands-on learning and include suggestions of experiments' that children could perform, while discouraging reading fairy tales and discussing religion with children. Retaining half titles. In a full tree calf binding with gilt detailing to back strip. Boards bright, with light rubbing to back strip. Partial losses to volume labels of two volumes. Volume I joints, volume III front joint, and volume II front joint head and tail starting, with boards firmly held. Internally, firmly bound. Pages generally clean and bright, but with pages 2-6 of volume II crossed out in ink. Very Good . Ill.: None. Very Good .