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Educating Those Thought UNeducable — THE DEAF, 1795

Henry Ward Poole’s Copy

Hervás y Panduro, Lorenzo. Escuela española de sordomudos, ó arte para enseñarles á escribir y hablar el idioma española. Madrid: Imprenta Real (vol. I) & Impr. De Fermin Villalpando (vol. II), 1795. 8vo. 2 vols. I: [3] ff., viii pp., [2] ff., 335, [1] p. II: [4] ff., 376 pp., 1 fold. plt., 4 fold. tables.
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a plate of the Spanish hand alphabet

Provenance: Spidery signature of signature at rear of volume I of Henry Ward Poole, Mexico City, 1876. Later New York City Catholic library stamp on verso of half-title of vol. I and verso of front free endpaper of vol. II.

• Palau 114450; DeBacker-Sommervogel IV, 322. Contemporary treed sheep (pasta española), spines darkened, covers with small abrasions. Old library stamps as above. Very nice set.

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