ORBIS PICTUS A Facsimile of the First English Edition of 1659

JOHN AMOS COMENIUS ( INTRO BY JOHN E SADLER)

ISBN 10: 0192780050 / ISBN 13: 9780192780058

Published by OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON, 1968

About this Item

Brown Cloth Boards with gilt blocked titles to spine, 185 x 110 mm approx. [vi] + 450 pp. Frontis + many b/w illustrations mainly reproductions of woodcuts. First printing of the facsimile from the copy held by the British Museum by OUP in it's Juvenile Library series1968. Please see our images of the actual book offered for sale for further details and condition. Near Fine/ Near Fine (Book - mild musty odour from long term storage. No previous owner name or insc. Dust Jacket- negligible shelf rubbing, non price clipped with publisher replacement sticker over original. In a removable proprietary protective sleeve. No other notable defects to book or jacket).

Seller Inventory # 134933

Bibliographic Details

• Title: ORBIS PICTUS A Facsimile of the First English Edition of 1659
• Publisher: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, LONDON
• Publication Date: 1968
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0192780050
• ISBN 13: 9780192780058
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition: 1st Edition
• Condition: Near Fine
• Dust Jacket Condition: Near Fine
• Seller catalogs:
  • Children's Illustrated
  • Illustrated
  • Educational

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Synopsis

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