[Elizabeth Mayo] — Lessons on Shells

London, R. B. Seeley and W. Burnside, 1838 . Cloth. Significant work from Elizabeth Mayo enlisting her transgressive teaching methods to the topic of conchology. With ten illustrated plates. Second edition.In publisher's original cloth binding.With ten monochrome plates to the rear of the book. Collated, complete.Author not stated, authorship confirmed from a copy held by the University of Oxford Libraries.Ink inscription to title page, dated 1844.This copy also features a bookplate to the front paste down, "Sold at White & Sons Circulating Library Camarthen". Circulating libraries were widely popular in the Victorian era, especially among the middle class, the most successful being W. H. Smith and Son's Subscription Library.From significant teacher and educational reformer, Elizabeth Mayo. This text, as well as its precursor Lessons on Objects, expertly utilises example teacher-student dialogues to present a new method of teaching infants. She is also known for her role in the Home and Colonial School Society, founded on Pestalozzi's principles of teaching. In publisher's original cloth binding. Externally, very smart with rubbing resulting in moderate loss of cloth most noticable to the spine. Small bookplate from White & Sons Circulating Library Camarthen to front paste down. Internally, firmly bound. Ink inscription dated 1844 to title page. Pages generally bright and clean with spotting concentrated towards the first and last few pages. Very Good . Ill.: Not Stated. Very Good .