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With the story of commander Byron

[CHILDREN'S BOOKS].
De vermaaklyke onderwyzer of Aangename Vertellingen, leerzame Fabelen, en uitmuntende Lessen, in verscheidene Wetenschappen, tot Uitspanning voor de Jeugdt. Uit het Engelsch Vertaalt.

With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand.

With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand.



Tweede druk. Rott., Dirk Vis, 1791. Sm. 8vo. Contemp. half calf, spine ribbed and gilt-lined, with red title-label. With 12 full-page engraved plates, incl. the frontispiece, all beautifully coloured by hand. 154 pp.

Nicely illustrated children's instructive reading book, teaching them various subjects in an entertaining manner. At the end of the 18th century the pedagogues were convinced that children learned most when they were amused. The present "Amusing Teacher" is a nice example of teaching by entertaining. The old philosopher, Philander, lodges six little boys and six little girls, under care of a man and a woman respectively, in a small house on his estate, and gives them some books to read. Each group of children visits the big house on two appointed days each week to tell what they have been reading and to discuss it with Philander. So the children read short stories and fables, which give Philander the opportunity to add all sorts of instructive information on natural science, cosmography, geography, etc.
The  book is freely adapted after an English original to fit Dutch conditions, so Philander also gives a complete survey of the geography of the Netherlands. The English original however, is still unknown. The fine plates include illustrations of a globe, the solar system with a spherical globe, a map, etc. This children's book includes a story about the voyage of Commander Byron to Patagonia (pp.91-93).

Fine copy, with school-prize certificate by the Committee of the Haarlem Department of the "Batavian" Educational Society "Tot Nut van 't Alg.
Buijnsters, BNK, 1600; Cat. Van Rijn 912; not in "De Prijs is het Bewijs", nor in "Aanvulling".

Related Subjects: Cosmography & Navigation  Dutch  Education  Geography  Physics  Schoolbooks 

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