Printed title, preface leaf, and 36 full-page hand-coloured lithographs. Oblong folio, 258 x 335 mm, bound in original decorated boards, hand-coloured, later red cloth spine, new endpapers. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION of this educational hand-coloured children's book. Bohny's theories for the education of young people anticipate Froebel's work by utilizing entertaining visual imagery as the primary means of instruction. The illustrations are unusually imaginative, and the hand-colour is of high quality. In 1930 Gumuchian referred to this work as "one of the most popular and entertaining books for young children of the period, inspired by the German kindergarten method. Few copies survive." In this copy, a number of the plates are soiled; the outer corner of the title and preface leaf extended; corners of binding worn and soiled; SCARCE in any condition. Not in NUC. Inscribed on front pastedown, "Malcolm Drummond with Mr. Sutton's best love, January 1st, 1861". Coloured plates in order: 1. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many soldiers are there!" 2. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "What do you call these animals" (sheep) 3. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "What are these?" 4. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many tables stand here?" 5. Multi-image plate. Beginning with 'What do you see here?" 6. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "What kind of animal is this?" (donkey) 7. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many hares do you see here?" 8. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Count 1 chair, 2 chairs, etc." 9. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Count 1 stag, to 4 stags..." 10. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many butterflies are here?" 11. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many trees are in this row." 12. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Count 1 book, 2 books, etc., to 5 books." 13. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many boys are sitting at the table?" 14. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "1 hen and 3 hens are 4 hens." 15. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Here are two bunches of cherries." 16. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many men are 1 man and 3 men?" 17. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many fingers are outstretched in the first hand?" 18. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many soldiers are in this row?" 19. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "What do we call these plants?" 20. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "If 2 out of 6 milk jugs fall, how many remain standing?" 21. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Count these boys?" 22. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many children are in this boat?" 23. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "2 men and 2 men & 3 men make how many?" 24. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Do you know these animals?" 25. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "2 trout, 2 carp, 2 barbels, 2 salmon are 8 fish". 26. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "What do you call these fowls?" 27. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many horsemen can you count?" 28. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "How many of these soldiers blow the trumpet?" 29. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "4 vines + 4 vines + 1 or 8 vines +1 V. = 9 vines or twice 4 vines + 1 V. = 9 vines" 30. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Ninepins! How many are fallen? 31. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "4 & 3 & 2 different objects make how many?" 32. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Count the persons at the 1st table at the 2nd table?" 33. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "10 different leaves..." 34. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "Once 5 girls, how many girls?" 35. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "See: here is a river? What is a river?" 36. Multi-image plate. Beginning with "4 sheaves & 6 sheaves = ?"