Logica memorativa. Chartiludium logicae, sive totius dialecticae memoria.
Strassburg, 1509. Facsimile. With 53 woodcuts of playing cards in the text. Edition limited to 500 copies. Thomas Murner attempted to teach logic by means of playing cards. More info
The Dartons. Publishers of Educational Aids, Pastimes & Juvenile Ephemera, 1787-1876.
“This is an important and fascinating work… Jill Shefrin already has a reputation for original research and meticulous scholarship. In this marvelous volume she has given us more, providing evidence for a previously unrecorded market in nineteenth-century teaching aids for both home education and sc... More info
Education in the earliest schools. Cuneiform Manuscripts in the Cotsen Collection.
This richly illustrated publication by Mark Wilson comprises an introductory essay and catalogue of the nearly two hundred tablets from the Cotsen Collection of ancient school texts, the greater number of these dating from the Old Babylonian period.The first part tells the story of the `Eduba` -... More info
Der Wunderknaul. The Wondrous Ball of Yarn Pictures and Verses
Der Wunderknaul is the beautifully illustrated tale of Inge´s adventures with a ball of yarn. This innovative picture book with verses by Margarete Kallmeyer-Mehlhorn reflects an interesting transitional period in German society from a nursery perspective: the change from traditional German society ... More info
Such Constant Affectionate Care: Lady Charlotte Finch - Royal Governess & the Children of George II.
HARDCOVER. Also available in softcover version. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III , this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nurse... More info
Such Constant Affectionate Care: Lady Charlotte Finch - Royal Governess & the Children of George II.
SOFTCOVER. Also available in hardcover version. Color photographs, illustrations, and reproductions. Taking as its starting point the set of sixteen dissected maps belonging to the children of George III , this work examines the new trends in education exemplified by the practices of the royal nurse... More info
The Children`s World of Learning 1480-1880. A collection of printed books, manuscripts, broadsides and prints ...
Set. Originally published as catalogue 100 of Antiquariaat FORUM in 10 issues between 1994-2002. With an extra issue with extensive indices. Prices of seperate issues on request (info@forumrarebooks.com). More info
Neatly Dissected for the Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Knowledge of Geography: John Spilsbu...
HARDCOVER VERSION. Also available in softcover version. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps"•hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted o... More info
Neatly Dissected for the Instruction of Young Ladies and Gentlemen in the Knowledge of Geography: John Spilsbu...
SOFTCOVER VERSION. Also available in hardcover version. John Spilsbury, who styled himself an "Engraver and Map Dissector in Wood, in Order to Facilitate the Teaching of Geography," is credited with the invention of "dissected maps" hand-colored maps, printed from copper plates, which were mounted o... More info