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Blind - Books and reading

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  • Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A sheet with the materials, tools and diagrams for weaving? a braille pad. Line engraving.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
  • A blind girl reads the Bible by touch to her illiterate family in the dark; one man is tempted to go out and enjoy drunken revels in the daylight; representing light and darkness of the understanding. Engraving by W. Ridgway, 1871, after G. Smith.
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    Oliver Caswell and Laura Bridgman reading embossed letters from a book. Lithograph by W. Sharp, 1844, after A. Fisher.

    Fisher, Alanson, 1807-1884. | Date: 1844 | Reference: 16376i
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    Essai sur la possibilité de faire écrire les aveugles : et de leur faire lire ce qu'ils auront écrit / Par A.-D.-J.-B. Challan et A.-M. Rousseau.

    Challan, A. D. J. B. (Antoine Didier Jean Baptiste), 1754-1831. | Date: 1824
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    Curso elemental de instruccion de ciegos : obra útil á estos desgraciados, á sus padres y maestros, y á todas las personas que se ocupan de educacion. Parte primera, historia, teoria y programa de la enseñanza / por Juan Manuel Ballesteros. Parte segunda, practica de la enseñanza / por Francisco Fernandez Villabrille.

    Ballesteros, Juan Manuel, 1794-1869. | Date: 1847
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    Blindness and writing : from Wordsworth to Gissing / Heather Tilley.

    Tilley, Heather, 1981- | Date: 2018
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    A sheet with the materials, tools and diagrams for weaving? a braille pad. Line engraving.

    | Reference: 16381i
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