Research Catalog

Title

Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est Omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura = Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible world, or A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein : in above 150 cuts / written by the author in Latin and High Dutch, being one of his last essays, and the most suitable to children's capacities of any he has hitherto made ; translated into English by Charles Hoole ; for the use of young Latin scholars.

Author

Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670

Publication

New-York : Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-Street, 1810.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667
• J. H., active 1727
• Jones, William, 1726-1800
• Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870
• Kreutzberger, Paul, -1681

Description

213, [7] pages : illustrations; 18 cm (12mo)

Summary

"This famous work, apart from ABC's, might be considered the first picture book for children and marked the beginning of juvenile literature in its own right"--Osborne Collection of early children's books, 1566-1910, page 113 (in note to the 1777 London edition).

Alternative Title

• Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est Omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura
• Omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura
• Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible world, or A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein
• Visible world, or A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein
• Nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein
• World of things obvious to the senses, drawn in pictures

Subject

• Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries > Early works to 1800
• Natural history > Juvenile literature > Early works to 1800
• Picture books for children > Early works to 1800
• Latin language > Readers > Early works to 1800
• Juvenile literature

Genre/Form

Picture books.

Note

• Caption title, page 17: Orbis sensualium pictus = A world of things obvious to the senses, drawn in pictures.
• Comenius' Latin text originally issued with German translation (here called "High Dutch"), Nuremberg, 1658.
• Signatures: A-S⁶ T².
• Illustrations: 157 prints from 156 blocks : wood engraving ; image chiefly 5 x 7 cm. Some sources attribute all to Alexander Anderson; however Pomeroy (cited below) assigns only 54 to him. See Pomeroy for discussion and detailed description of the Anderson cuts. Based in part on the illustrations for the original Latin-German edition attributed to Paul Kreutzberger. Twenty-four figures illustrating an alphabet of animal sounds are printed from 2 blocks; the remaining illustrations are numbered I-CLIV (CX repeated in numbering; illustration no. I repeated as no. CLIV). Both the animal sounds blocks and the repeated cut are attributed to Anderson by Pomeroy.
• The Latin-English version of Charles Hoole was originally issued London, 1659; amended by J.H. for the 11th London edition, 1728, and by William Jones for the 12th London editiion, 1777, on which the present edition is based. See "To the editor of the twelfth edition..." (pages 3-4), signed "W. Jones, Pluckley," and "An advertisement concerning the 11th edition" (pages 5-6), signed "J.H., London, July 1727."
• Includes prefaces by the author (pages 7-11) and the translator (pages 12-16).
• "School books printed for and sold by T. & J. Swords": leaf T2 (unnumbered pages 219-220).
• Includes index.

Indexed In (note)

• Pierpont Morgan Library. Early children's books and their illustration
• Zíbrt, Č. Bibliografie České historie
• Pilz, K. Johann Amos Comenius
• Pomeroy, Jane R. Alexander Anderson's life and engravings
• Shaw, R.R. American bibliography

Additional Formats (note)

• Also available online via HathiTrust and Google Books (Harvard University copy) and via Readex/America's Historical Imprints (American Antiquarian Society copy).

Source (note)

• Astor Library

Language (note)

• English and Latin in parallel columns.

Call Number

SSF (Comenius, J. A. Orbis sensualium pictus)

LCCN

18000202

OCLC

5291302

Author

Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670, author.

Title

Joh. Amos Comenii Orbis sensualium pictus, hoc est Omnium principalium in mundo rerum, et in vita actionum, pictura & nomenclatura = Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible world, or A nomenclature, and pictures of all the chief things that are in the world, and of men's employments therein : in above 150 cuts / written by the author in Latin and High Dutch, being one of his last essays, and the most suitable to children's capacities of any he has hitherto made ; translated into English by Charles Hoole ; for the use of young Latin scholars.

Publisher

New-York : Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, no. 160 Pearl-Street, 1810.

Edition

The first American, from the twelfth London edition, corrected and enlarged, and the English made to answer word for word to the Latin.

Type of Content

text

still image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Indexed In:

Pierpont Morgan Library. Early children's books and their illustration, entry 96

Zíbrt, Č. Bibliografie České historie, 20446

Pilz, K. Johann Amos Comenius, 161. Ausgabe, pages 264-265

Pomeroy, Jane R. Alexander Anderson's life and engravings, entry 306

Additional Formats

Also available online via HathiTrust and Google Books (Harvard University copy) and via Readex/America's Historical Imprints (American Antiquarian Society copy).

Indexed In:

Shaw, R.R. American bibliography, 19817

Language

English and Latin in parallel columns.

Local Note

"XCV. Paper. Papyrus": pages 132-133.

Source

Astor Library (copy in SSF).

Connect to:

Full text available via HathiTrust (Harvard University copy)

Added Author

Container of (work): Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. Orbis sensualium pictus.

Container of (expression): Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. Orbis sensualium pictus. English.

Hoole, Charles, 1610-1667, translator.

J. H., active 1727, editor.

Jones, William, 1726-1800, editor.

Anderson, Alexander, 1775-1870, wood engraver.

Kreutzberger, Paul, -1681, illustrator.

Other Form:

Online version: Comenius, Johann Amos, 1592-1670. Joh. Amos Comenii orbis sensualium pictus. First American, from the twelfth London edition. New-York : Printed and sold by T. & J. Swords, 1810 (OCoLC)719408292

Research Call Number

SSF (Comenius, J. A. Orbis sensualium pictus)

Schlosser 154