Lot 146
Education.- Ascham (Roger) The Schoolemaster. Or, Playne and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Understande, Write, and Speake the Latin Toong, Abell Jeffes, 1589.
Hammer Price: £3,000
Description
Education.- Ascham (Roger) The Schoolemaster. Or, Playne and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Understande, Write, and Speake the Latin Toong, back letter, title within typographic border, large woodcut printer's device on recto of final leaf, woodcut initials, final gathering with short internal tear running from inner margin, Macclesfield copy with bookplate and blind-stamps, later attractive blue boards, [Pforzheimer 16; STC 836], small 4to, Abell Jeffes, 1589.
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this important work on educational theory by a former tutor to Elizabeth I.
Description
Education.- Ascham (Roger) The Schoolemaster. Or, Playne and Perfite Way of Teaching Children, to Understande, Write, and Speake the Latin Toong, back letter, title within typographic border, large woodcut printer's device on recto of final leaf, woodcut initials, final gathering with short internal tear running from inner margin, Macclesfield copy with bookplate and blind-stamps, later attractive blue boards, [Pforzheimer 16; STC 836], small 4to, Abell Jeffes, 1589.
⁂ The Macclesfield copy of this important work on educational theory by a former tutor to Elizabeth I.
