Comenius, Orbis, 1685 (O1v-O2r)

This opening from a popular Latin textbook uses different typefaces to set apart the English and Latin phrases and to call attention to the vocabulary words that are illustrated on the facing page.

This opening from a popular Latin textbook uses different typefaces to set apart the English and Latin phrases and to call attention to the vocabulary words that are illustrated on the facing page.

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Johann Comenius, Orbis sensualium pictus. London: Charles Mearne, 1685. (sigs O1v-O2r)

Folger Shakespeare Library, C5525 (CC BY-SA)

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