1791 ELEANOR FENN. Scarce American Imprint of Pioneer Child Education Work.
1791 ELEANOR FENN. Scarce American Imprint of Pioneer Child Education Work.
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An imperfect, but very scarce little work by an important early advocate of child-centered education. Lady Fenn wrote books for children form a child's vantage and answering children's questions and was one of the earliest Western designers of educational games and toys.
No copies on the market at the time of cataloguing and not a single copy of this First American edition traced at auction. Evans 23479.
Fenn, Lady Eleanor [1743-1813]. Juvenile Correspondence; Or, Letters, Suited to Children, From Four to Above Ten Years of Age. In Three Sets. New-Haven. Printed by Able Morse. 1791. 100pp.
A preservation example only, title through p.6 absent; lacking pages 31-34, 73-74, 77-80, 101-104.