Alexis Leaud & Emile Glay - L'École primaire en France - 1934

Superb numbered edition 169 on tinted luxurious parchment and illustrated with this work by Alexis Leaud and Émile Glay, which concerns the organization, evolution and role of elementary education in French society - This publication comes out at a time when the school constitutes one of the main instruments of citizen formation, transmission of fundamental knowledge and consolidation of the Republic - Since the major school reforms of the Third Republic, notably those associated with Jules Ferry in the 1880s, elementary teaching has occupied a central place in French educational policy, with the aims of making instruction accessible to as many people as possible, developing literacy and disseminating a common culture - Alexis Leaud & Emile Glay - L'École primaire en France - 1934 - Tome I - La Cité Française - 312 Pages. Good binding condition, book in its original half-leather, signs of wear, a few minor defects on the cover, heads and corners worn, edges pigmented, spine with decorative nerves, gilded lettering, pagination and author’s name - Very good interior condition, light browning, title page printed in red and black and nicely ornamented, book enriched with numerous beautiful engravings in black and color in-text and out-of-text, exemplar numbered 169 on luxurious tinted parchment, clean text, marbled endpapers in good condition, pleasant copy - Delivery service guaranteed within a few days -

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