394 - Herrmann, Friedrich. New Primer for Children, or Methodical Elementary Instruction in Reading and Abstraction According to Pestalozzi, Olivier, and the Author’s Own Ideas. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, 5 (2 colored) copper plates, as well as loosely enclosed typographic ABC plates I–IV and 1 engraved double-sheet copper plate featuring cursive script. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1804. 1 leaf, 213 pp. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Original cardboard case with engraved illustrations on both covers and the spine.

Herrmann, Friedrich. New Primer for Children, or Methodical Elementary Instruction in Reading and Abstraction According to Pestalozzi, Olivier, and the Author’s Own Ideas. With an engraved frontispiece, an engraved title page, 5 (2 colored) copper plates, as well as loosely enclosed typographic ABC plates I–IV and 1 engraved double-sheet copper plate featuring cursive script. Leipzig, Hinrichs, 1804. 1 leaf, 213 pp. 20.5 x 12.5 cm. Original cardboard case with engraved illustrations on both covers and the spine. DBA 521, 7 - Doderer, Bilderbuch pp. 26–28 - Teistler, Fibeln 581. - “What particularly distinguishes the book presented here are the author’s humane views, which pay little heed to the class snobbery and authoritarian mindset of the time. These ideas, which remain appealing even today, likely have their roots in the French Revolution, which had taken place shortly before the book was written and which spread the ideals of brotherhood and equality. It is also striking how highly reason is praised as humanity’s greatest good, taking the place here of God’s omnipotence and divine reason, which are central themes in other readers and elementary textbooks.” (Doderer). — The alphabet charts and pp. 181–188 were not bound and are included separately. — Rarely as complete as this copy (no complete copy in the KVK). *