Memoria que presenta la Compañía Lancasteriana de México, de sus trabajos en el año 1872.
Mexico: Impr. en la Calle Cerrada de Sta. Teresa, No 8, 1873. 54 pp. + 1 folding chart. 8vo. Disbound, removed from a larger volume, all edges red. First edition. Remnants of original blue wrappers on spine, contents lightly browned and soiled, one faint damp stain to bottom edge of several leaves, one small tear to last leaf, not affecting text, contents very good. Sutro 952. Item #44451
The Lancasteriana educational system of mutual teaching, founded by Joseph Lancaster, became a popular educational method in Mexico in the first half of the 19th century; but Benito Juarez instituted liberal reform with more rigorous and uniform methods, which along with increasing state control, led to the decline of the Lancasterian system. Scarce. OCLC and other sources locate only four copies: Univ. Cal. Reg, UCLA, and Univ. Texas at Austin (OCLC: 15875252) and UC Berkeley (OCLC: 213858387).
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