First Annual Report of the Board of Education, First Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board (Senate No. 26) [with] ...On the Subject of School Houses, Supplementary (No. 80, 1838)

Horace Mann's First Annual Report for the newly-formed Massachusetts Board of Education, offered together with Mann's illustrated treatise on schoolhouse architecture and environmental standards.

First Annual Report of the Board of Education, together with the First Annual Report of the Secretary of the Board (Senate No. 26). 8vo, 75pp. Stab stitched binding, Fair condition with tearing/erosion to the upper corner of the first 20 pages. One or two letters lost in the headings, but fortunately no loss to the body of the text.

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Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education, on the Subject of School Houses, Supplementary to His First Annual Report (Senate No. 80, 1838). Original wraps, 8vo, 64pp. 3 engraved plates showing floorplans and furniture designs. Good condition with some chipping at the spine and modest foxing throughout. A warm appreciation with consideration to light, windows, playgrounds, furniture, ventilation, heating, etc. Philosophizing on breathing and air, "The additional cost of obeying philosophical principles is, at most, trivial." References institutional standards set by the Eastern State Penitentiary (Philadelphia) and the State Lunatic Hospital at Worcester. Produced in Horace Mann's first year as Secretary of the newly formed Massachusetts State Board of Education, an uncommon supplement to the annual reports that became important parts of Mann's written legacy as a progressive educator.