Fourcroy Guillerville (6 results)

12mo, pp.xii, 286, [2 (blank)]; small typographic ornament to title-page, typographic headpieces, woodcut and typographic tailpieces; occasional light foxing, a few leaves browned, but a good copy; bound in contemporary mottled sheep, spine gilt in compartments with a dove tooled in each, gilt red morocco lettering-piece, marbled edges, marbled endpapers, pink silk place-marker; boards a little rubbed and scuffed, corners bumped, a few minute wormholes; ink inscription '1783' to front free endpaper verso.Second edition of Fourcroy de Guillerville's parental advice-book, first published the previous year, with instructions for the care of infants directed particularly at mothers. Dedicated to the 'respectable mothers, who sacrifice yourselves to the education of your children' (p.iii, trans.), Fourcroy de Guillerville's book is in two parts: the first, effectively serving as a long introduction to the second part, consists of a history of the physical education of children; the second is a 'manuel' (p.vii), divided into chapters beginning with health advice for pregnant mothers and children in the first few days of their infancy. His more pedantic comments include a warning against feather mattresses during pregnancy, instructing mothers to dress young children as lightly as possible, and insisting that a panade (bread soup) made of white bread, water, and salt is the best food for weaning (pp.9496). Appended is a letter with a recipe for a balm to be applied on burns and various other wounds (tried and tested by Madame de Fourcroy). Younger brother of the perhaps better-known military engineer Charles-René de Fourcroy de Ramecourt (17151791), the educationalist Jean-Louis de Fourcroy de Guillerville (17171799) had been an artillery officer and served in the colony of Saint-Domingue for twenty years. Following his return to France, he purchased the post of conseiller du roi in the bailiwick of Clermont-en-Beauvaisis (also known as Clermont-sur-Oise) and, after the Revolutionary district tribunal replaced the bailiwick, became a judge. His experience of Saint-Domingue is considered to have partly influenced his first publication, Lettres sur l'éducation physique des enfans (1771). See Chiswick, The Limits of Reform in the Enlightenment: Attitudes Toward the Education of the Lower Classes in Eighteenth-Century France (2014), p.179; Popiel, 'Making Mothers: The Advice Genre and the Domestic Ideal, 1760-1830' in Journal of Family History 29, no.4 (2004), pp.339-350. Language: French.

Couverture rigide. Condition: Bon. pet. in 12, 336 pp., pl. veau moucheté époque, dos lisse orné, p. de titre rouge, dentelle dorée sur les plats. Bel exemplaire frais. 3e édition de cet ouvrage estimé, par l'auteur des Lettres sur l'éducation physique des enfans. Du jour de l'accouchement, des couches, de la sortie des dents, de l'habillement des enfants, des convulsions, du sevrage, des baumes. Quérard, France litt. III/p.180 "ouvrage estimable". - Blake p.153 - Manque à Waller et à Osler.

343 S. Hldr. d. Zt. m. Rsch. u. Rverg. Einbd. beschabt u. bestoßen. Ob. Kapital etwas eingerissen. Vord. Vorsatz fehlt. Spiegel m. Notizen von alter Hd. Gebräunt u. braunfl. VD18 10603948. Sprache: Deutsch.

In 16, cm 10 x 16,5, pp. 316. Frontespizio polveroso, ombreggiature alle prime cc. Piena pergamena coeva. Traduzione italiana che segue altra pubblicata a Napoli nel 1779 con titolo leggermente diverso. L'edizione originale francese fu pubblicata nel 1774. Opera di notevole interesse pedagogico nella quale l'autore oltre a esaminare le fasi della crescita, l'allattamento, la dentizione, le malattie tipiche dell'infanzia, sostiene un metodo educativo il piu' possibilmente vicino allo stato di natura, ispirandosi in particolare a quanto da lui appreso durante la sua personale esperienza ventennale sull'Isola di S. Domingo. Di notevole interesse la relazione delle esperienze mediche avute nei confronti degli indigeni e, in particolare, della prole. L'opera suscito' grande dibattito in Francia e non solo, tra sostenitori e detrattori. In quest'edizione italiana sono presenti varie annotazioni ad opera del traduttore relative al contestoÂlocale. De Fourcroy fu ufficiale d'artiglieria, prima a Rochefort e poi, per piu' di vent'anni, sull'isola di Santo Domingo, nonostante cio' ebbe un grande interesse per la pedagogia, cosa che lo porto' a pubblicare varie opere relative a questo argomento ITA.

LeatherBound. Condition: New. BOOKS ARE EXEMPT FROM IMPORT DUTIES AND TARIFFS; NO EXTRA CHARGES APPLY. LeatherBound edition. Condition: New. Reprinted from 1774 edition. Leather Binding on Spine and Corners with Golden leaf printing on spine. Bound in genuine leather with Satin ribbon page markers and Spine with raised gilt bands. A perfect gift for your loved ones. Pages: 429 NO changes have been made to the original text. This is NOT a retyped or an ocr'd reprint. Illustrations, Index, if any, are included in black and white. Each page is checked manually before printing. As this print on demand book is reprinted from a very old book, there could be some missing or flawed pages, but we always try to make the book as complete as possible. Fold-outs, if any, are not part of the book. If the original book was published in multiple volumes then this reprint is of only one volume, not the whole set. Sewing binding for longer life, where the book block is actually sewn (smythe sewn/section sewn) with thread before binding which results in a more durable type of binding. Pages: 429.

Paris, Chez les Frères Estienne, et à Lausanne, chez Franç. Grasset, 1775, in-12°, 15 x 9 cm, xii pp + 286 pp, reliure demi-basane d'époaque, coins en velin vert, dos lisse avec étiquette de titre. Reliure avec légères traces d'usage, intérieur très frais. Avec sur le contre-plat un ex-libris imprimé d'époque '' Mad.e De PINIEUX '' N° 750. (pediatrics - early works to 1800 - Children - Health and Hygiene - France - Infants ).