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Extremely rare first edition of the first educational children's book published by Johann Bernardt Basedow (1724-1790)

BASEDOW, Johann Bernhard.
Methodischer Unterricht der Jugend in der Religion und Sittenlehre der Vernunft, nach dem in der Philalethie angegebenen Plane.- Methodischer Unterricht in der überzeugenden Erkenntniss der biblischen Religion, zur vorgesetzten Ausführung des in der Philalethie angegebenen Plans.

With engraved illustration on 2 titles, the first showing a teacher with two children in a natural landscape, with the motto

With engraved illustration on 2 titles, the first showing a teacher with two children in a natural landscape, with the motto

With engraved illustration on 2 titles, the first showing a teacher with two children in a natural landscape, with the motto



Altona, David Iversen, 1764. 2 parts in 1 vol. Sm.8vo. Contemp. brown marbled boards, spine gilt with yellow title-label, red mottled edges. With engraved illustration on 2 titles, the first showing a teacher with two children in a natural landscape, with the motto "denket selbst", and the second showing a teacher with two children in an architectural garden with a bible laying in centre on a table, with the motto "leset selbst". LXII, 272; XXXII, 224, 144 pp.

Extremely rare first edition of the first educational children's book published by Johann Bernard Basedow (1724-1790), famous pedagogue and founder of the Philantropinum at Dessau. Basedow at the time was professor at Altona, and had already published a number of enlightened studies on philosophy and theology. In 1763 he published "Philalethie" in which he among others attacked  the idea of eternal punishment in hell. It created quite a stir, but never as much as the present children's book he published a year later, in which he applied all his ideas on enlightened religion to religious education of children. Still, it was not as if Basedow was against religion, on the contrary he wanted religion to be truly understood and freely accepted as the ultimate truth, to which end he found the traditional religious education at fault.
In his extensive preface to both parts Basedow lists the errors of the old forms of education and exposes his own views on perfect education, gradually expanding step for step from the understanding of the human condition and the system of nature to a full and free understanding of duty, morals and the truth of Christian religion. At the end of the second part, Basedow added his own catechism in questions and answers, under the title: "Grundriss der Religion, welche durch Nachdenken und Bibelforschen erkannt wird, in Fragen und Antworten, nebst einige Zusätzen". Further added are daily prayers and reflections on God and his Creation.

Good copy.- (Small stamps on both titles; occasionally sl. browned).
Brüggemann-Ewers III, 1270, 48 and 693; not in Seebass, Wegehaupt, etc.; cf. Bibelebontse Berg pp. 193-194.

Related Subjects: 18th Century  Children's Books  Education  Religion 

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