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'L'education normale des tout petits' by A Vaugnat was published by Attinger Freres in Neuchatel. The work is undated but is said to date from 1897.

A full copy of the work can be accessed online here.

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Analysis

The Plates are not referenced in the text, which makes it hard to know what some of the illustrations show.

Le Pliage

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Folds of Life

Two Folds of Life are illustrated on Plate II

The Tall House

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The Manger

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And six more on Plate III (although these do not seem to be arranged in any logical sequence)

The Windmill

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The Boat with Sail

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Probably The Double Boat with Two Sails

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La Croix - The Cross

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The Jacket

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The Junk Box

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Le Cadre - The Frame

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Folds of Beauty

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Geometric Folds

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Le Decoupage et Le Collage (Folding, Cutting and Mounting)

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Plate IV shows two examples of designs that can be cut from a square folded diagonally in half twice using just one cut, then two ways of using two cuts to separate the paper into pieces of several shapes.

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It is not clear to9 me how the forms in the following two Plates are to be developed, and there are no instructions in the text to help with interpretation.

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