Live auction - Lot 792

[Education - Lexicography]

COMENIUS, Johannes Amos

Portael der saecken en spraecken = Vestibulum rerum et linguarum [enl. ed. Jacob Redinger].

Amsterdam, G. de Royn, 1658

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8vo: [16]-156-[72] pp. (pp. 33-34 missing; toned, marginal spotting and soiling).

Contemp. blind-stamped overl. vellum, flat spine titled in ink (lower endpaper gone, revealing old writing on board). Good copy.

Famous pictorial encyclopaedia for school children, with questions and answers, and extensive indexes - one of the major works of the Bohemian scholar Comenius (1592-1670), residing in Amsterdam. Engr. front. by Cr. de Passe. 37 (of 38) full-page engr. pl. with 283 numbered illustrations.
Ref. STCN 841124191.
Prov. Contemp. acquisition note dated "1666" (front flyleaf). - Viollet-le-Duc (collector’s tick.).

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Lot 792

Portael der saecken en spraecken = Vestibulum rerum et linguarum [enl. ed. Jacob Redinger].

COMENIUS, Johannes Amos

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