GLEHN, L. C. de, CHOUVILLE, L., OSBORNE, C.. - Cours Français Du Lycée Perse. (Perse School) Première Partie: Sèries D'Actions, Rècitations Et Chansons En Transcription Phonétique (Phonetic)

Cambridge, Heffer & Sons Ltd, 1934. Original green limp cloth, square 8vo. 21x7cm. 56pp. occasional b/w illustrations. Inner joint cracked, contemporary annotations to f.e.p. (1938), otherwise clean and tight. Used; Good An interesting transcription of a children's primer into phonetics published for the famous Perse School in Cambridge. This edition of the 'Première partie' was published some 20 years after the 'Deuxième partie'. The celebrated headmaster, Dr W.H.D. Rouse was a proponent of the Direct Method and the use of phonetics in the teaching of foreign languages. Hardback.