A collection of two 19th-century works proposing new reading - Lot 155

A collection of two 19th-century works proposing new reading systems. 1/ - Berthaud - *Le Quadrille des enfants, or a New System of Reading*... 4th edition. Paris, Arthus Bertrand, [c. 1850]. 8vo, cloth-bound, title label—[2 leaves], 180 pp. Illustrated with 6 color plates mounted separately. The box advertised as containing 84 index cards is missing. A method advocating the avoidance of spelling out words. 2/ - Lansac. - *French Alphabet, or a New Method of Reading in 80 Tables and in Verse, Based on Techniques That Meet the Three Criteria of Clarity, Precision, and Speed*... Paris, Maillet, 1840. In-8, romantic cloth binding with covers illustrated with a gilt plate (dog and birds). 3/ - Courtener, Théodore. - The Book of Childhood, or Reading for the Very Young. A New Method for Teaching Children to Read, Write, Understand French, and Reason. Moscow, W. Gautier, 1873. In-12, worn half-basane—a well-used volume... [title], XIX, 138 pp.