698 - Education - Lasius, Otto Benjamin. A detailed account of the instruction provided to Miss von Meding, who was born deaf and mute, and who, after two years of instruction, had progressed to the point where one could converse with her in writing, and she herself could answer the most essential questions regarding religion, with pedagogical notes interspersed throughout. With an engraved frontispiece. Leipzig, Weygand, 1775. 174 pp. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (upper headband torn).

Education - Lasius, Otto Benjamin. A detailed account of the instruction provided to Miss von Meding, who was born deaf and mute, and who, after two years of instruction, had progressed to the point where one could converse with her in writing, and she herself could answer the most essential questions regarding religion, with pedagogical notes interspersed throughout. With an engraved frontispiece. Leipzig, Weygand, 1775. 174 pp. 17.5 x 10.5 cm. Contemporary half-leather binding (upper headband torn). First edition. - An important work on the history of sign language and the education of the deaf and mute. - Otto Benjamin Lasius (d. 1779), an educator and superintendent in Burgdorf in the Zell region, applied his method to Luise von Meding, the daughter of a couple who were friends of his. However, after initial successes, he had to discontinue the lessons because Luise’s pronunciation sounded too harsh and unpleasant to her parents. - Title page and frontispiece loose; old owner’s inscription on title page. *