Publication:

Orbis Sensualium Pictus

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    English titleVisible World in Pictures
    Authors & editors

    Comenius, Johannes Amos (1592–1670) [Author]

    Publisher Sydney University Press
    Year of publication 1967
    Languages

    Medium Facsimile reprint
    Edition1
    Topics

    Arts, culture and heritage > Literature, poetry, music & performance

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    Scope & contentWikipedia
    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