1673 Janua Linguarum CZECH Comenius Linguistics Dictionary ENGLISH & Latin RARE
by COMENIUS, Johann Amos
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1673 JanuaLinguarum CZECH Comenius Linguistics Dictionary ENGLISH & Latin RARE
"Every educational reformer owes much, in the way of inspiration and suggestion, to his predecessors, and of none is this truer than of John Amos Comenius."
– Will S. Monroe, Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform"
Shortly after 'JanuaLinguarumReserata' was first published in1629, it was translated into nearly every European language. In fact, by the 1630s, it was the second most read book in Europe, second only to the Bible. This textbook by Johann Amos Comenius was simply a text of Language, as the English title suggests, "The Door of Languages Unlocked."
'Janua' comprehends the elements of all the sciences and arts – from the origin of words to the mind and its faculties." (Monroe, 126).
It was written with 1,000 short sentences comprising of roughly 8,000 words. In all, there have been over 100 editions of this book printed! Comenius is now remembered as an innovator, who first introduced pictorial textbooks written in native languages rather than Latin.
Item number: #18156
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COMENIUS, Johann Amos
Janua linguarum reserata, sive, Omnium scientiarum & linguarum seminarium… The gate of languages unlocked
London : Printed by T.R. and N.T. for the Company of Stationers, 1673.
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· Collation: Complete with all pages
o Unpaginated (~414pp)
· Language: English / Latin
· Binding: Leather; tight and secure
· Size: ~6.75in X 4.5in (17cm x 11cm)
· Very rare and desirable
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- 1673 Janua Linguarum CZECH Comenius Linguistics Dictionary ENGLISH & Latin RARE
- Author
- COMENIUS, Johann Amos
- Format/Binding
- Leather; tight and secure
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- Used - Near Fine
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- London
- Date Published
- 1673
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