DISSERTATIO DE LOQUELA
First edition of this landmark work in the history of education for deaf people, especially deaf children, and focusing on articulation and lip reading.
Very good.
Price: $2,000.00
DISSERTATIO DE LOQUELA
"Voice is a living emanation of the spirit that God breathed into man when He created him a living soul." – Translation from Harlan Lane
Johann Amman is considered "the founder of the German tradition of oralism," an early and significant method of deaf education through which students learned oral language through lip reading and mimicking mouth shapes (Lane). The present work is much expanded from Amman's earlier title SURDUS LOQUENS, and focuses on the education of deaf children "between eight and fifteen years of age" (Arnold). Amman based many of his methods on his practical experience teaching Esther Kolard – the deaf daughter of a wealthy businessman – how to read and speak. Samuel Heinicke, founder of the first German deaf institution, used DISSERTATIO DE LOQUELA as the "foundation" for his educational theory (Lane).
The "Monsieur de Haldat" in the inscription is likely Charles de Haldat du Lys who, in addition to his important contributions to hydrostatics in the early 19th century, studied human albinism and its associated physical effects, including deafness. A significant book with interesting association.
Read more: Thomas Arnold, On the Education of the Deaf; Harlan Lane, When the Mind Hears: A History of the Deaf.
The Object
Amstelædami [Amsterdam]: Joannem Wolters, 1700. Full title: Dissertio de loquela Qua non solum Vox humana, & loquendi artificium ex originibus suis eruuntur: Sed & traduntur media, quibus ii, qui ab incunabulis surdi & muti fuerunt, loquelam adipisci, quique difficulter loquunter, vitia sua emendare possint. Octavo, 6.25'' x 4''. Contemporary pink boards, printed paper spine label. Title page printed in black and red, with engraved device of a candle. One fold-out chart of sounds. [24], 120 pages, collated complete. Early gift inscription to verso of front flyleaf, to "Monsieur Simonis" from "Monsieur de Haldat." Some scuffing and wear to boards, small spot of loss and crack to spine paper; spine label largely perished. Spine cracked to one opening, tiny bits of foxing and soiling throughout; small loss to lower corner of last page not affecting text, early repair to verso of title page, with a tiny ink mark at bottom of title. Else sound and tight.
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