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Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus: hoc est omnium principalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura (cover)
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| Title | Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus: hoc est omnium principalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura (cover) |
| Alternate Title | Joh. Amos Comenius's visible world, or, A nomenclature, and pictures, of all the chief things that are in the world, and of man's employment therein |
| Author | Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670; Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667 (translator) |
| Publisher | Leacroft, S.
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| Publisher Location | England -- London |
| Publication Date | 1777 |
| Printer | Unknown
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| Illustrator | Unknown
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| Image Production Process | Relief prints--woodcuts
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| Notes | Illustrated with uncolored woodcuts.
Printed on the title page: 12th edition, corrected and enlarged and the English made to answer word for word to the Latin.
Written by the author in Latin and High Dutch, being one of his last essays; and the most suitable to children's capacities of any he hath hitherto made.
Translated into English by Charles Hoole, M.A., for the use of young Latin scholars.
Reading lessons in English and Latin in columns on each page. Each lesson is accompanied by a diagrammed image that is explained in the lesson. |
| Contextual Notes | John Amos Comenius is known as the father of the modern picture book. He was born in Eastern Europe in 1592 and served as a bishop in the Church of the Brethren. In 1651, he took over the running of a grammar school and devised to write this book "which even the most unlettered child could use and one which would facilitate the work of the most unskilled pedagogue." Comenius believed that pictures could introduce students to objects through their senses, then to the words that gave meaning to those objects. It was his belief that the learning of language would lead to the reform of society, the unification of the churches, and ultimately world peace -- a theory he called pansophy. In 1856, he sent the manuscript of his book to Nuremberg where it was published two years later with 150 woodcuts carefully worked out by Michael Endter from the designs of Paul Kreutzberger. It ultimately became the most popular schoolbook in all of Europe. It continued to be published well into the 19th century with the final known edition published in 1845. Since then, there have been several facsimiles of the first English edition published. |
| Subjects (LCSH) | Latin language -- Readers; Natural history -- Juvenile literature; Picture books for children. |
| Category | Readers
Object books
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| Language | Latin
English |
| Digital Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection |
| Digital ID Number | CHL1096 |
| Repository | University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections Division |
| Repository Collection | Children's Historical Literature Collection. PA2095.C65 1777 |
| Object Type | Book
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| Physical Description | [16], 197, [7] p.: illustrated; 15 x 10 cm. |
| Digital Reproduction Information | Scanned from original book at 400-600 dpi in TIFF format using a ScanMaker 6800, resized and enhanced using Adobe Photoshop, and imported as JPEG2000 using Contentdm's software JPEG2000 Extension. 2008. |
| Exhibit Checklist | Exhibit Checklist L.99 |
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