Orbis Sensualium Pictus
Full details
| English title | Visible World in Pictures |
| Authors & editors | |
| Publisher | Sydney University Press |
| Year of publication | 1967 |
| Languages | |
| Medium | Facsimile reprint |
| Edition | 1 |
| Topics | Arts, culture and heritage > Literature, poetry, music & performance |
| Tags | |
| Scope & content | Wikipedia Orbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus (Visible World in Pictures), is a textbook for children written by Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictures, published first in Latin and German and later republished in many European languages. The revolutionary book quickly spread around Europe and became the defining children's textbook for centuries. |
Copies held
Accession no. 232459
- Shelf location: A058-COM
- Donor: JSP Buckland collection