Accession Number: 2000.24
Summary/Description: Book contains essays written by the author on a variety of topics. An essay dated July 1830, "Asylum For The Blind," on pages 57-87, traces the history of the education of the blind and reflects on the 1829 Act to Incorporate the New England Asylum for the Blind (now called the New York Institute for Special Education). William Hickling Prescott, an American historian, was left visually impaired from an accident that occurred while he was in college. Contains a frontispiece of the author with a facsimile signature of Prescott. Black clothbound boards with ornate Lippincott logo & decoration blind-stamped on front and back; gilt-stamped lettering and decoration on spine. Contains a bookplate: Library of John A. Singmaster.
Author: Prescott, William H., 1796-1859
History/Provenance: Purchased from a used bookseller by the Museum for its essay about the New York school and education of blind students.
Credit Line: Museum Purchase, 2000.24
Publisher: J. B. Lippincott & Co.
Publisher Place: Philadelphia
Publish Date: 1868
Subjects: Schools for the blind and visually impaired Blindness
Physical Description: 729 p. : ill. ; 8.5 x 5.5 x 1.75 in.
