Comenius (Johann Amos) Orbis Sensualium pictus…Joh. Amos Comenius's Visible World: or, A Nomenclature, and Pictures, of all the Chief Things that are in the World, and of Men’s Employment therein; In above 150 Cuts, translated by Charles Hoole, twelfth edition, woodcut illustrations, text in English and Latin, later bookplate “H-V-B”, few minor marginal defects, some soiling and staining throughout, lightly browned, without front free endpapers, contemporary calf, some staining, rubbed with spine ends worn, upper joint split with cover nearly loose, [ESTC T13161], for S. Leacroft, 1777 § Hutton (W.) The History of the Roman Wall..., folding engraved map frontispiece, 7 engraved plates and some illustrations, light offsetting from frontispiece, Q4&5 loose, one or two minor marginal defects, some spotting or light foxing, contemporary half calf, spine slightly chipped at head, some wear to extremities, John Nichols and Son, 1802; and others 18th & 19th century, various subjects, including Voltaire's The Age of Lewis XIV (1752), 12mo & 8vo (10)
⁂ The first mentioned for the instruction of young scholars, covering the natural world, geography, trades etc.
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