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NY: E.P. Dutton. VG. 1901. Reissue. Hardcover. Reprint edition bound in gray cloth with gold lettering and decoration on the front board. A Very Good copy. Moderate dust soiling to the bo ok's covers. Rubs to the spine tips and a small bump to the upper fron t spine tip. Mild fading to the spine. No dust jacket. .

hardcover. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book.

New York, NY: Dutton, 1901. First of this edition. Hardcover. Very Good. First of this edition, 1902. First published in 1623. This edition is edited and translated by Bohemian scholar Count Lutzow (1849-1916). Scarce. Ribbed blue green cloth, with decorated title plate on front board. Light overall soil, mild foxing to rear endpapers. Comenius (1592-1670) was a Moravian philosopher, pedagogue, and theologian who is considered the father of modern education.[3][4] He served as the last bishop of the Unity of the Brethren before becoming a religious refugee and one of the earliest champions of universal education. This book is considered a jewel of Baroque literature and one of the author's most important works. In a spiritual pilgrimage through the "Labyrinth of the World," Comenius acknowledges that believing in prophecies and revelations of those days was his personal labyrinth, where he was lost many times. He finds salvation in Part Two of the book, "Paradise of the… Leer más

1901. KOMENSKY, John Amos. The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Edited and Translated by Count Lutzow. Original pictorial cloth, T.e.g. New York: E.P. Dutton & Co., 1901. First edition thus. Originally published, as by "Comenius," in 1631. Allegorical tale set in central Europe. Spine slightly darkened, tiny stains to foot of front board, else very good.

London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1950 Number 225 of 370 copies. Bright and firm with slight darkening to the cream cover . Pics available

Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Hardback, original decorated cloth. 26 x 17cm. 271pp. Illustrated with 56 pen drawings by Dorothea Braby. Number 360 of 370 copies. First few leaves discoloured. Slightest wear.. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good+.

Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. Hardback, original decorated cloth. 26 x 17cm. 271pp. Illustrated with 56 pen drawings by Dorothea Braby. Number 86 of 370 copies. Corners slightly bumped, contents clean and unmarked. . First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good.

London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. No. 204 of a Limited Edition of 370 copies. Cloth Hardcover. Very Good/No Dust Jacket As Issued. Illustrated by Dorothea Braby. Signed by the illustrator Dorothea Braby on front free endpaper and inscribed 'For Cyril Stearns with grateful thanks for his help with this book from Dorothea Braby April 1951'. Original white cloth, Decoration stamped in gilt. Top edge gilt; 4to; 10.25 inches tall; 271 pages. Introduction and 56 illustrations by Dorothea Braby; bound and designed by Christopher Sandford; Translated by Count Lutzow. No. 204 of a Limited Edition of 370 copies. The bindings are tight and square. Text clean, light even toning. Moderate shelf handling wear with some hand-soil, the spine is lightly toned.. Comenius, a visionary in education, was a Moravian Protestant bishop, a refugee, and an early advocate of universal education, earning him the title "Father of Modern Education." His book, "The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart,"… Leer más