Orbis Pictus. Die Welt in Bildern. Swet w obrazych. Swiat w obrazach. Le monde en tableaux. [Edited by Josef Chmela].
Kralowe: Hradcy, 1833. 8vo (7 1/8 x4 1/2 inches; 182 x 115 mm). Parallel text in five languages: Latin, German, Polish, Czech and French, 2pp. adverts for schools, 2pp. errata/advert. 151 woodcut illustrations (including the first "invitatio" cut which is signed "G Sturm" and is repeated at the end), and a series of 24 small alphabet woodcuts (on two pages). Contemporary half sheep over marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments with a single gilt decoration, orange glazed-paper lettering-piece. Condition : gatherings A and B bound in reverse, occasional light soiling or browning; binding rubbed, label scraped, small repairs to head of spine. attractive early 19th century edition of comenius’s revolutionary school book , apparently the first edition edited by Josef Chmela (1793-1847); here with the text in 5 languages: Latin, German, French, Polish and Czech. Impressively, this landmark work was still going strong over 170 years after it was originally published (in German & Latin) in the middle of the seventeenth century. Pilz 180.
Orbis Pictus. Die Welt in Bildern. Swet w obrazych. Swiat w obrazach. Le monde en tableaux. [Edited by Josef Chmela].
Kralowe: Hradcy, 1833. 8vo (7 1/8 x4 1/2 inches; 182 x 115 mm). Parallel text in five languages: Latin, German, Polish, Czech and French, 2pp. adverts for schools, 2pp. errata/advert. 151 woodcut illustrations (including the first "invitatio" cut which is signed "G Sturm" and is repeated at the end), and a series of 24 small alphabet woodcuts (on two pages). Contemporary half sheep over marbled paper-covered boards, the flat spine divided into six compartments with a single gilt decoration, orange glazed-paper lettering-piece. Condition : gatherings A and B bound in reverse, occasional light soiling or browning; binding rubbed, label scraped, small repairs to head of spine. attractive early 19th century edition of comenius’s revolutionary school book , apparently the first edition edited by Josef Chmela (1793-1847); here with the text in 5 languages: Latin, German, French, Polish and Czech. Impressively, this landmark work was still going strong over 170 years after it was originally published (in German & Latin) in the middle of the seventeenth century. Pilz 180.
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