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3 unusual facts about Juan Pablo Bonet


Diego de Astor

Of his plates we may notice the titlepage to Colmenares' 'Historia de Segovia' (Madrid, 1640), and that to Bonet's book on 'Speech for the Dumb,' one of the best works of the kind.

John Bulwer

This manuscript shows that Bulwer was the first person in England to acquire and translate Juan Pablo Bonet's Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos ("Summary of the letters and the art of teaching speech to the mute") because it contains images cut and pasted directly from Bonet's book as well as commentary on the methods described therein.

Juan Pablo Bonet

Engravings by Diego de Astor of Reducción de las letras y arte para enseñar a hablar a los mudos (Bonet, 1620):



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