REPORT ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN PRUSSIA; ADDRESSED TO THE COUNT DE MONTALIVET, PEER OF FRANCE, MINISTER OF PUBLICA INSTRUCTION AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS; BY M. VICTOR COUSIN . . . WITH PLANS OF SCHOOL HOUSES. TRANSLATED BY SARAH AUSTIN.

Cousin, Victor, 1792-1867. Sarah Austin, 1793-1867 (translator). Basil Manly Sr., 1798-1868 (past owner). [Marthe Camille Bachasson, 3rd Count of Montalivet, 1801-1880.]

Published by New-York [New York]: Wiley & Long, 161 Broadway, 1835.

About this Item

Ex-university library copy. i-lii, 1-333 pages. Hardcover: H 16.25cm x L 10.5cm. Original brown patterned cloth bords but with inelegant black tape over spine with overlap into adjacent board margins; handwritten white ink title-author-shelf# on spine tape; board corners worn. Old tape reinforcements at interior hinges. Appears to be missing ffep; remnant of date due sheet on torn and creased ffly recto; University of Alabama Library bookplate on front pastedown which partially lifts up revealing underneath a green bookplate with printed text "Presented to the University of Alabama" followed by ink inscription "Rev. B. Manly | Tuscaloosa" (Manly served as the second president of the University of Alabama from 1837-1855). Library stamps and markings on title leaf (iii-iv), page v of Preface, 25-26, and 333 with others perhaps to be discovered upon a more careful perusal. Varied interior foxing/toning. Binding remains fairly firm noting aforementioned repairs to hinges. Foldout charts between pages 262-263 and 268-269; five foldout school plan plates between pages 308-309.

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: REPORT ON THE STATE OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION IN PRUSSIA; ADDRESSED TO THE COUNT DE MONTALIVET, PEER OF FRANCE, MINISTER OF PUBLICA INSTRUCTION AND ECCLESIASTICAL AFFAIRS; BY M. VICTOR COUSIN . . . WITH PLANS OF SCHOOL HOUSES. TRANSLATED BY SARAH AUSTIN.
• Publisher: New-York [New York]: Wiley & Long, 161 Broadway, 1835.
• Binding: Hardcover
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  • Education