Orbis Sensualium Pictus, published in 1657, enjoyedĪ still higher renown. Tury, however, was John Amos Comenius His. The most eminent educator of the seventeenth cen. Tus, which has passed through a great many editions, Wrote, among other works, his celebrated Orbis Pic. Mit them to be retouched, preferring occasional in-ĭistinctness to modern tampering with the originalsthat would make them less authentic.ĭuring four years he here prosecuted his efforts inīehalf of education with commendable success, and The cuts have been reproduced with great care bythe photographic process.
Tion of 1727, in which for the first time the Englishwords were so arranged as to stand opposite their The textfor the English translation is from the English edi. Of the copper-plates of the first edition of 1658, fromwhich we have also taken the Latin text. In this edition the cuts are unusually clear copies.
The only change in the Latin text, however,is from Designat Figuras rerum in the original, to Payne has copied,īut what liberties have been taken with with the de. 103 in this edition, but those who com-pare them will see not only how much coarser is theĮxecution of the wood-cut Prof. Serted in Payne's Compayr6's History of Education Two specimen pages from another edition are in. Motum terrae circa solem " [as the ancients used to think įor later authorities hold that the motion of the earth " prout veteres crediderunt recentiores enim defendunt Taiur, et ambit terram, in medio stantem " interpolates : Sun and after the statement of Conienius, "Caelum ro. Under it in which the earth is revolving about the Practically as in this edition, but puts another cut On the other hand, the Vienna edition contains aĬurious additional cut. Gether, and indeed there are but 82 in place of theġ57 found in earlier editions, the following, as num-bered in this edition, being omittedġ, the alphabet, 2, 36, 43,45. Published in Vienna in 1779, this cut is omitted alto. II., and adds that it isĭifiBcult to recognize in this an expressive psycholog. 43, as here given,^ a picture of an eye, and inĪ table the figures I. The edition ot 1 7 5 5 substitutes for the original cut of the Then as the oldĬopper-plates became indistinct they were replacedīy wood-engravings, of coarse execution, and often It was a book chil-ĭren were fond of and wore out in turning the leaves Many as have been the editions,įew copies have been preserved. It is reproduced now but that it has not been repro-ĭuced before. It was the first picture-book ever made for childrenĪnd was for a century the most popular text-book inĮurope, and yet has been for many years unattaina-īle on account of its rarity, the wonder is, not that an educational classic of prime importance, but that Aultrement si elles decli nent toutes deux ensembles en une mesme partie, elles seront discord, & sera leur sonnerie mal plaisante à oyr.When it is remembered that this work is not only Car qua n d lune sera en hault, laultre declinera embas. Com me si les deux cloches C & D sont pendans à ung mesme axe ou essieu A B: je dis que leur ac cord se fera en co n traires parties co m me voyez icy figuré. LEs cloches ont quasi fi gures de rondes pyra mides imperfaictes & irregulieres: & leur accord se fait par reigle geometrique. Chapitre septiesme Le son & accord des cloches pendans en ung mesme axe, est faict en contraires parties. De Geometrie 49 DU SON ET ACCORD DES CLOCHES ET des alleures des chevaulx, chariotz & charges, des fontaines:& encyclie du monde, & de la dimension du corps humain.
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