Paper Construction.- Blasche (Bernhard Heinrich) Der Papierformer oder Anleitung allerlei Gegenstände des Kunstwelt aus Papier nachzubilden. Ein Handbuch für Erzieher zum Behuf einer gehaltvollen Beschäftigung für ihre Zoglinge, first edition, 10 folding engraved plates, some a little creased or browned at fold, contemporary ink signature to foot of title, contemporary mottled calf, spine gilt with red roan label, a little rubbed, spine slightly faded, Schnepfenthal, Buchhandlung der Erziehungsanstalt, 1819; The Art of Working in Pasteboard, translated by D.Boileau, second edition in English, 8 folding engraved plates, advertisement leaf at end, some spotting, original boards, paper label to upper cover, rubbed, spine slightly defective, 1830, 8vo (2)

⁂ First and apparently only German edition, with the second edition of the English translation, of this instruction manual on how to teach paper construction. Blasche was a teacher at the Salzmann School at Schnepfenthal in Thuringia from 1796 to 1810, where he taught manual arts, and there he began to produce a series of practical instruction manuals, the first being Der Papparbeiter of 1797 which ran to several editions. In recent years Blasche has come to the attention of researchers in alternative educational systems.