Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis Sensualium Pictus. Hoc est: Omnium fundamentalium in mundo rerum, & in vita actionum, Pictura & Nomenclatura = Die sichtbare Welt. Das ist: Aller vornehmsten Welt-Dinge und Lebens-Verrichtungen Vorbildung und Benamung
Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670)
Category
Books
Date
circa 1680 - circa 1700
Materials
Place of origin
[Nuremberg]
Collection
Sudbury Hall Museum of Childhood, Derbyshire
NT 3219744
Summary
Bibliographic description
[16], 315, [109] p. : ill. (woodcuts) ; 8vo (17cm). Imperfect: wants 3 leaves from preliminary gathering )( (1,2, and 7), leaf G1, and gatherings X, Y, Z, 2A. Also wants volvelle on p. 10. Some notes in pencil and ink on front endpapers, including the date 1799. Loosely inserted museum label, which erroneously claims that this edition dates from 1799. Extensive repairs to leaves. Provenance: No ownership marks. Binding: Eighteenth-century polished mottled calf. Sewn on [5?] raised bands. Brown leather spine label, lettered "Orbis pictus". Marbled endpapers and edges sprinkled blue. Binding post-dates loss of gatherings.
Makers and roles
Johann Amos Comenius (1592-1670) Paul Kreutzberger Birken, Sigmund von