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Show watermarks are reproduced, including an anchor from 1376 and a bull head of1388. In volume 13 (pages 48-53)a brief history of paper is given COMENIUS JOHAN AMOS 15921670 Visible World: or, A Nomenclature, an Pictures, of all the Chief Things thatare i the World, and of Men's Employments therein; In above 150 cuts. Wiitten by the author in Latin and High Dutch . . Translated into English by Charles Hoole, M. A London, 1777. 11 x18 cm EMPLOVMENTS D T ERGLIo CHARLES HOOLE, M. Tor o Ut ofYom Lt i orleaves, 2, also barkof trees, 3 especiallyofan Egyptian shru BW-T.. T e i, gk sy e oo Thefirstedition of this vol \ ume was the earliest pictoria schoolbookissued and, like th numerous subsequent editions attempted to explain the "chie things that are in the world and of men's employments. The text of the first editio was written in Latin and Hig Dutch, "every where one wor answer'd to another over against i Papermaking is illustrate by the quaint wood-engravin here reproduced. The description refers to the numbers o the picture and reads: "Th ancients used beech-boards, 1 Bvie A facsimile of the title-page of th 1777 edition of Comenius'work 3 which was called papyru "Now paper s in use, whi the papermaker maketh in paper-mil, 4, of linen rags, s stamped toa mash, 6, whic being taken up in frames, 7, h spreadeth into sheets, §, an Setteth them i the air so tha they may be dried. Twentyfive of these make a quire, o Digital mage © 2005 Mar iot Library Universit of Utah. Al rights reserved |