Orbis Pictus

For the award, see Orbis Pictus Award. For the film, see Orbis Pictus (film).

A late 18th-century reprint of Orbis Pictus, published in Pressburg/Pozsony, Kingdom of Hungary. This edition is in four languages: Latin, Hungarian, German and Czech)

Orbis Pictus, or Orbis Sensualium Pictus (Visible World in Pictures), is a textbook for children written by Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictures, published first in Latin and German and later republished in many European languages.[1] It has been described as "probably the first purpose-made children's picturebook".[2] The revolutionary[3] book quickly spread around Europe and became the defining children's textbook for centuries.

  1. ^ Epstein, Connie C. (1991). The Art of Writing for Children. Archon Books. p. 2. ISBN 0-208-02297-X.
  2. ^ Feaver, William (1977). When We Were Young: Two Centuries of Children's Book Illustration. Holt, Rinehart and Winston. p. 7. ISBN 978-0-03-020301-5.
  3. ^ Orbis Sensualium Pictus Lecture