[Essay on the instruction of the blind, or analytical account of the procedures employed to instruct them] (On last leaf: Imprimerie de J.-L. Chanson, Imprimeur de l’institution) – FIRST EDITION. With 21 (16 hand-coloured) engraved plates. Contemp. mottled calf, with gilt design to borders; morocco title label and a richly decorated spine in gilt; Inner dentelles in gilt; all gilt edges; Single gilt fillet to sides; marbled endpapers; Ex Libris bookplate on front pastedown; A large paper copy on wove paper with most of the plates in contemporary hand colour. An exceptionally nice copy of this important book about new methods in the teaching of blind people. Coloured plates in order: 1. Two men at work at a press, printing for the blind. 2. Teacher instructing a young blind pupil in the art of braille. 3. Lady is playing the piano. 4. Gentleman playing the harp. 5. A mother and her child knitting. 6. A lady spinning yarn at a spinning wheel. 7. A lady at a small, crude weaving loom. 8. A young lady knitting. 9. A lady at a weaving loom, making a mat. 10. Boy making woollen slippers. 11. A man making hose. 12. Man at a weaving loom. 13. Man stuffing chairs. 14. Ropemaking. 15. Basketry. 16. Boy making mats of straw and rushes.