An edition of Orbis sensualium pictus
(1659)
Joh. Amos Comenii orbis sensualium pictus
hoc est omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura = Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible world, or, A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein : in above 150 cuts
1st American, from the 12th London ed., corr. and enl
by Johann Amos Comenius
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"This famous work, apart from ABC's, might be considered the first picture book for children and marked the beginning of juvenile literature in its own right"--Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, page 113 (in note to the 1777 London edition).
Publish Date
1810
Publisher
Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords
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/languages/eng, /languages/lat
Pages
213
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Children's literature, Dictionaries, Early works to 1800, Education, History and criticism, Juvenile literature, Latin Picture dictionaries, Latin Reader, Latin language, Natural history, Picture books for children, Picture-books for children, Polyglot, Problems, exercises, Readers, Pre-Linnean works, Glossaries, vocabulariesShowing 2 featured editions. View all 24 editions?
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Joh. Amos Comenii orbis sensualium pictus: hoc est omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura = Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible world, or, A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein : in above 150 cuts
1810, Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords
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- 1st American, from the 12th London ed., corr. and enl
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Joh. Amos Commenii Orbis sensualium pictus: hoc est, Omnium principalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura.
1705, Printed for and sold by John Sprint...
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Edition Notes
English and Latin in parallel columns
The engravings are by Anderson
Includes index
Shaw & Shoemaker 19817
King Collection copy lacking p. 207-213; some illustrations have color, probably added by an early owner
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