Orbis sensualium pictus
About this book
"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).
Details
- OL Work ID
- OL1108869W
Subjects
Children's literatureDictionariesEarly works to 1800EducationHistory and criticismJuvenile literatureLatin Picture dictionariesLatin ReaderLatin languageNatural historyPicture books for childrenPicture-books for childrenPolyglotProblems, exercisesReadersPre-Linnean worksGlossaries, vocabularies