BUISSON, Ferdinand. Dictionary of pedagogy and primary instr - Lot 14

BUISSON, Ferdinand. Dictionary of pedagogy and primary instruction. Published in Paris by Hachette in 1911. In quarto / In-4 format. Red half-chagrin. Smooth spine adorned with faux nerfs, triple fillet bindings with gilt fleuron motifs, gilt author and title. Red percaline boards decorated with cold-framed fillets. Speckled edges. VIII + 2087 + (5) pages, text on two columns, with a preface, table of articles, list of contributors and a catalog from the bookseller Hachette at the end of the book. Minor rubbing to covers, tiny black marks on boards, corners a little dulled. Paper slightly browned. Second edition of Ferdinand Buisson's dictionary of pedagogy, after that of 1887. The first was marked by the movement that, under Jules Ferry's ministry, led to the drafting of the 1880, 1881 and 1882 laws on public, secular and compulsory schooling; the second, entitled nouveau dictionnaire de pédagogie, which is presented here, is an assessment of thirty years of action and raises the question of teaching methods after the 1902 reform. Published under the direction of F. Buisson, with the help of a large number of contributors. Ex-libris of the Berger bookshop on the back cover. Solid volume, very well preserved inside.