1649 Janua Linguarum Czech John Comenius Prague Linguistics ELZEVIER Greek Latin

“Every educational reformer owes much, in the way of inspiration and suggestion, to his predecessors, and of none is this more true than of John Amos Comenius.” – Will S. Monroe, Comenius and the Beginnings of Educational Reform”

Shortly after ‘Janua Linguarum Reserata’ was first published in 1629, 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.

This second Elzevier edition was published by Louis Elzevier in 1649, and was a verbatim reissue of his original 1643 printing. (Willems). It contains the Latin, Greek, and French versions, but does not contain the indices that are in previous editions. (Goldsmid).

Item number: #1325
Price: $750

COMENIUS, Johann Amos

J.A. Comenii Ianua linguarum reserata : cum Græca versione Theodori Simonii Holsati, innumeris in locis emendata à Stephano Curcellæo: qui etiam Gallicam novam adjunxit.

Amstelodami : Apud Ludovicum Elzevirium, 1649. Second edition.

Details:
Collation complete with all pages: [24], 266, 238
Signatures: *⁸, 2*⁴, A⁸-2H⁸, 2I⁴.
Binding: Leather; tight & secure
References: Willems 995; Goldsmid I, 105
Language: Greek & Latin & French
Size: ~6in X 4in (15cm x 10cm)

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