VALLANGE (de). Nouveaux systêmes ou nouveaux plans de méthodes, qui marquent une route nouvelle pour parvenir en peu de tems & facilement à la connoissances des Langues & des Sciences, des Arts & des Exercices du Corps. Paris : Claude Jombert, Jean-Baptiste Lamesle, 1719. - In-12, red morocco, triple gilt fillet framing and gilt coat of arms in center on covers, ornate ribbed spine, inner gilt roulette, Augsburg paper lining and endpapers, gilt edges (period binding). "First edition of the first volume alone, dedicated to Louis-Henri de Bourbon (1692-1740). This work is the first in a series of pedagogical publications by the pedagogue De Vallange (c. 1660-c. 1736), of which little is known, heralding many similar initiatives to reform education. It contains "Le plan général de méthodes pour apprendre rapidement et facilement les sciences, les langues et les arts", structured into 38 chapters proposing innovative methods for acquiring knowledge in a short space of time, and including plans and projects for establishments designed to facilitate learning. The two missing volumes, forming Volumes II and III, are independent titles that are not always found together. They are entitled: "Nouveau système ou nouveau plan d'une grammaire françoise. Par le moyen de laquelle on peut apprendre aisément l'orthographe, le latin, le grec, l'italien, [...] sans le secours d'aucun maître" and "Système ou plan d'une nouvelle méthode pour apprendre facilement & en peu de tems la langue latine sans le secours d'aucun maître." DEDICATION COPY BEARING THE ARMS OF LOUIS-HENRI DE BOURBON-CONDÉ. At the time of publication, he was King Louis XV's superintendent of education. He became principal minister of state on the death of the Duc d'Orléans on December 2, 1723. Binding restored. Freckling, halo at the head of a few leaves. Small worm gallery on the edge of the title. Provenance: Louis-Henri de Bourbon. - Heraldic ex-libris engraved by Stern, bearing the motto "Fac bene non time". - Harry Corbett, with handwritten bookplate."