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ITARD, JEAN MARIE GASPARD (1774-1838). DE L'DUCATION D'UN HOMME SAUVAGE, OU DES PREMIERS DVELOPPEMENS PHYSIQUES ET MORAUX DE JEUNE SAUVAGE DE L'AVEYRON. PARIS: GOUJON FILS, 1801.
8O (192 X 122 MM). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE. MODERN MARBLED BOARDS.
FIRST EDITION, signed by author and publisher on verso of the title-page (presumably to prevent piracy). "A pupil of Pinel, Itard pioneered in the attempt to educate a young 'wild boy' who had lived since infancy entirely apart from human contact. In adapting the methods of teaching deaf-mutes to his extraordinary pupil, Itard created a new system of pedagogy which has profoundly influenced modern educational methods" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4969.1; Norman 1144.
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ITARD. Rapport fait son excellence le Ministre de l'Intrieur, sur les nouveaux dveloppemens et de l'tat actuel du sauvage de l'Aveyron. Paris: Imprimerie Impriale, 1807. 8o (207 x 124 mm). Modern quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION, of the second account, in which "Itard regretfully concluded that the boy was incapable of learning speech and that some of the effects of prolonged isolation are irreversible" (Garrison-Morton). See Garrison-Morton 4969.1 (note); Norman 1145. (2)
8O (192 X 122 MM). ENGRAVED PORTRAIT FRONTISPIECE. MODERN MARBLED BOARDS.
FIRST EDITION, signed by author and publisher on verso of the title-page (presumably to prevent piracy). "A pupil of Pinel, Itard pioneered in the attempt to educate a young 'wild boy' who had lived since infancy entirely apart from human contact. In adapting the methods of teaching deaf-mutes to his extraordinary pupil, Itard created a new system of pedagogy which has profoundly influenced modern educational methods" (Garrison-Morton). Garrison-Morton 4969.1; Norman 1144.
[With]:
ITARD. Rapport fait son excellence le Ministre de l'Intrieur, sur les nouveaux dveloppemens et de l'tat actuel du sauvage de l'Aveyron. Paris: Imprimerie Impriale, 1807. 8o (207 x 124 mm). Modern quarter morocco. FIRST EDITION, of the second account, in which "Itard regretfully concluded that the boy was incapable of learning speech and that some of the effects of prolonged isolation are irreversible" (Garrison-Morton). See Garrison-Morton 4969.1 (note); Norman 1145. (2)