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L'ÉPÉE (Charles-Michel, abbé de). Institution... - Lot 58 - Rossini
L'ÉPÉE (Charles-Michel, abbé de). Institution des sourds et muets, par la voix des signes méthodiques. Paris, Nyon l'aîné, 1776. 2 parts in one volume in-12, fawn calf, triple gilt fillet, ornate smooth spine, red title page, gilt edges (Binding of the period).
Garrison-Morton, n°3358. - Heirs of Hippocrates, n°920.
Second edition, published two years after the original.
Abbé de L'Épée was the founder of the first free, public school open to all deaf-mutes: with the aid of drawing and the manual alphabet, he succeeded not only in fixing grammatical nomenclature in the mind of the deaf-mute and expressing the simple relationships of objects, but also in creating a true language, "expressive and fruitful" (cf. En français dans le texte, no. 168).
Ex-libris Docteur Paul Guilly.
Binding restored (headbands, hinges and corners), title renewed.
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