Eerste deel der school-geleertheyd, genoemt Het portael. = Prima pars scholasticæ eruditionis, dicta Vestibulum. = Erster Teile der Schul-Gelehrtheit, genennet Die Vortuhre.

8vo: [8, incl. engr. title]-166-[89] pp.; 38 pl.

Contemp. vellum, flat spine, red edges. Good copy.

Famous pictorial trilingual schoolbook (Dutch, Latin and German) 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. Ill. with a hand-coloured engr. title and 38 full-page engr. pl. by Loggan after Crispijn van de Passe with 283 numb. illustrations. Important milestone in the development of education through the use of the image in language teaching. Printed in italic, roman and Gothic type.
Ref. STCN.
Prov. Ms. names on front pastedown.