Title: ["Orbis sensualium pictus" in Russian, i.e.] Zrielishche vselennyia, na Latinskom Rossiiskom i Niemetskom iazykakh [in Cyrillic characters] Author: Comenius, Johann Amos Place: [Saint Petersburg, Russia] Publisher: [v Tipografii Vil’kovskago], Date: 1793 Description: [8], 142 pp. With 80 engraved plates of a picture with captions in Latin, French, German and Russian printed around the frame. The accompanying text is in French, German and Russian only. (8vo) 20x12 cm. (8x4¾"), period tree calf, spine label in Russian. In custom-made full leather folding box. Rare Russian edition of Comenius' 17th century amalgamation of natural history and the trades and endeavors of mankind, with a marvelous series of rather primitive copperplate engravings. OCLC/WorldCat lists only three copies, two at Harvard and one at Columbia, and two of the copies (the Columbia copy and one of the Harvard copies) are variants with a more extensive title. Svodnyi katalog, item no. 3074. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor rubbing and wear to covers; early ownership inscription on front flyleaf, a few plates with old writing in the margins; else very good. Item number: 256512
Title: ["Orbis sensualium pictus" in Russian, i.e.] Zrielishche vselennyia, na Latinskom Rossiiskom i Niemetskom iazykakh [in Cyrillic characters] Author: Comenius, Johann Amos Place: [Saint Petersburg, Russia] Publisher: [v Tipografii Vil’kovskago], Date: 1793 Description: [8], 142 pp. With 80 engraved plates of a picture with captions in Latin, French, German and Russian printed around the frame. The accompanying text is in French, German and Russian only. (8vo) 20x12 cm. (8x4¾"), period tree calf, spine label in Russian. In custom-made full leather folding box. Rare Russian edition of Comenius' 17th century amalgamation of natural history and the trades and endeavors of mankind, with a marvelous series of rather primitive copperplate engravings. OCLC/WorldCat lists only three copies, two at Harvard and one at Columbia, and two of the copies (the Columbia copy and one of the Harvard copies) are variants with a more extensive title. Svodnyi katalog, item no. 3074. Lot Amendments Condition: Minor rubbing and wear to covers; early ownership inscription on front flyleaf, a few plates with old writing in the margins; else very good. Item number: 256512
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