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Comenius, Johann Amos. Ianua aurea reserata quatuor linguarum, sive compendiosa methodus Latinam, Germanicam, Gallicam et Italicam linguam perdiscendi, sub titulis centum, periodis mille comprehensa et vocabulis bis mille ad minimum aucta. Cum quadruplici indice, a Nathanaele Dhuez in idioma Gallicum et Italicum traducta. Editio secunda, emendatior.

Title in red and black. With printer’s device on title. 12 leaves, 321 pp., 137 unn. leaves, 2 blank leaves. Small 8vo. Contemp. full overlapping vellum. – Lugdunum Batavorum, Officina Elseviriorum, 1644.

Re-edition of the 1640 first Elzevir quadrilingual imprint of Comenius’ (1592–1670) „Ianua“ in Latin, French, German and Italian. Comenius’ „Ianua“ (“door to the knowledge“) was first published in 1631 and revolutionized the education of young people in the 17th century towards an universal knowlidge of God and the world. A nonpictorial predecessor of the later „orbis pictus“ genre. – Willems 567. – Best.-Nr. 24352