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[FRANKLIN PRINTING]. PETERS. Richard (c.1704-1776). A Sermon on Education wherein some Account is Given of the Academy Established in the City of Philadelphia, Preach'd at the Opening Thereof. Philadelphia: B. Franklin and D. Hall, 1751.
8vo (7 5/8 x 4¾ in). Pictorial woodcut headpieces, text of the Constitution of the Public Academy at pp.142-148. Recent dark brown morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine.
FIRST EDITION of the Rev. Peters's thoughtful consideration of the necessity and benefits of education, including a brief history of the establishment of the Academy, delivered at the opening of the Academy. It was a project in which Franklin played a key role, beginning with his Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (1749), advocating a new curriculum stressing not classical studies but such skills as expository writing, mathematics, surveying, accountancy, history, oratory, "natural philosophy" (science), all taught in English. Franklin's radical curriculum was only partly adopted in the new institution, but the Academy--the first non-sectarian college in the American colonies--flourished and became in 1791 the University of Pennsylvania. A fine copy of a rare Franklin imprint. Miller 541; Evans 6754; Campbell 472.
8vo (7 5/8 x 4¾ in). Pictorial woodcut headpieces, text of the Constitution of the Public Academy at pp.142-148. Recent dark brown morocco and marbled boards, gilt-lettered spine.
FIRST EDITION of the Rev. Peters's thoughtful consideration of the necessity and benefits of education, including a brief history of the establishment of the Academy, delivered at the opening of the Academy. It was a project in which Franklin played a key role, beginning with his Proposals Relating to the Education of Youth in Pennsylvania (1749), advocating a new curriculum stressing not classical studies but such skills as expository writing, mathematics, surveying, accountancy, history, oratory, "natural philosophy" (science), all taught in English. Franklin's radical curriculum was only partly adopted in the new institution, but the Academy--the first non-sectarian college in the American colonies--flourished and became in 1791 the University of Pennsylvania. A fine copy of a rare Franklin imprint. Miller 541; Evans 6754; Campbell 472.