Janua linguarum trilinguis; . sive, Johannis-Amos-Comenii janua linguarum novissimè ab ipso authore recognita, aucta, emendata: adjunctis metaphrasi Græca et Anglicana versione.
Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670)
Category
Books
Date
1670
Materials
Measurements
170 x 112 x 25 mm
Place of origin
England
Collection
Nostell Priory, West Yorkshire
NT 3090680
Summary
Full description
Orientation: Vertical Text Substrate: handmade laid paper Ink/Pigment: black printing ink Type: BOUND BOOK Binding Type: Inboard binding, recessed supports Date of Binding: contemporary Binder's Name: English End Leaves: stubs only of plain white handmade laid paper survive; no pastedowns Structure: English Edges: plain cut, sprinkled with red pigment (worn). Spine Lining: near flat with no joints or lining End Bands: None Bookmark: None Boards: paper pulp, back-cornered Covering: brown tanned sheep Tooling Spine: 7 blind-tooled horizontal 2-fillets. Tooling Sides: blind-tooled 2-fillet border and quarter line Furniture: None Enclosure: None Binding Notes: Hours revised from 6 - to 8 hours
Bibliographic description
[12],274,[2]p., [17] plates . port.. . 8vo.. Nostell copy is mis-bound: Præfatio is bound at rear, prior to index leaf; quire M is mis-bound after quire Q. Imperfect: wanting port. manuscript sketches and diagrams throughout and on verso of front board.. Binding: Seventeenth-century full quarter blind ruled sheep; smooth spine.
Makers and roles
Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670)