The Orbis Pictus of John Amos Comenius: The Educational Classic - The First Illustrated Children's Textbook, Published in 1658

by Charles Hoole, Jan Amos Komenský, Johann Amos 1592-1670 Comenius, et al.

Book Overview

The Orbis Pictus was the first ever illustrated children's textbook, first published in 1658. This edition is based upon a reprint dated to 1728, and contains 155 drawings, and the full text in both English and Latin.

Intended to provide children with a basic level of familiarity with the principal phenomena of the natural world and human life, the Orbis Pictus - the Visible World - is filled with wide-ranging subjects. Descriptions...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1789873134
• ISBN13: 9781789873139
• Release Date: December 2020
• Publisher: Pantianos Classics
• Length: 160 Pages
• Weight: 0.54 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"