MIRABEAU. Work on public education found in the... Lot 128

MIRABEAU. Work on public education found in the papers of Mirabeau the elder. Paris, Imprimerie nationale, 1791. - LANTHENAS (François). Bases fondamentales de l'instruction publique et de toute constitution libre. Paris, Imprimerie du cercle social, 1793. 2 works in one volume, in-8, fawn half-calf, spine decorated with gilt urns, speckled edges (modern pastiche binding). Posthumous first edition of Mirabeau's four main essays on instruction and teaching, edited by Cabanis (Buisson, Dictionnaire des pédagogies, p.1324). François Lanthenas, Girondin, doctor, deputy, saved by Marat after accusations from the Paris sections, is elected to the Committee of Public Instruction. He is the translator of Thomas Payne's writings. A pleasant copy, very well bound.