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387 - Comenius, Johann Amos. New Orbis Pictus for Youth, or A Panorama of Nature, Art, and Human Life in 322 Lithographed Illustrations with Detailed Explanations in German, Latin, French, and English, Based on Comenius’s Earlier Work and Edited by J. E. Gailer. 4th edition, identical in text to the third edition. With a lithographed frontispiece, lithographed title page, and 321 lithographs on 161 plates. Reutlingen, Maecken, 1738. X, 706 pp., 2 folios, 23 x 14 cm. New cardboard binding with an original illustrated cover mounted on the spine.
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Comenius, Johann Amos. New Orbis Pictus for Youth, or A Panorama of Nature, Art, and Human Life in 322 Lithographed Illustrations with Detailed Explanations in German, Latin, French, and English, Based on Comenius’s Earlier Work and Edited by J. E. Gailer. 4th edition, identical in text to the third edition. With a lithographed frontispiece, lithographed title page, and 321 lithographs on 161 plates. Reutlingen, Maecken, 1738. X, 706 pp., 2 folios, 23 x 14 cm. New cardboard binding with an original illustrated cover mounted on the spine. Pilz p. 366 - Wegehaupt I, 696 - Seebaß 398: “Gailer’s edition is likely the most comprehensive and highly regarded modern edition of this famous book.”—Partially foxed.—Supplement: The same. *Orbis Pictus*. 5th edition, expanded to include an Italian translation. With a lithographed frontispiece and 321 lithographed illustrations on plates. Ibid., 1842. XVI, 788 pp. Contemporary paperback (heavily rubbed). - Partially foxed; plate with illustrations 1 and 2 has a tear along the margin that has been backed; plate with illustrations 263 and 264 has a torn corner; text pages 247–250 are missing, but all plates are present. *
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