Set Reminder2021-09-11 12:00:002021-09-11 12:00:00America/New_YorkBidsquareBidsquare : Fall Magic Auction (Online-Only) https://www.bidsquare.com/auctions/potter-potter/fall-magic-auction-online-only-21962 Our September magic auction will be a bibliophile's delight. Featuring a strong selection of antiquarian titles from the library of Giovanni "Roxy" Pasqua, the sale will feature works from the seventeenth century to the present day, among them classics by Bosco, modern presentation copies and deluxe editions, and related works.
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COMENIUS, Johann Amos (Czech, 1592-1670). Orbis Sensualium Picti. Nuremberg: 1745. 8vo. Restored contemporary calf binding. Contemporary inscriptions on inner front board. The first widely used children?s textbook ever printed. Browning to text. Trilingual edition with parallel Latin, German, and Hungarian text. Approximately 300 text woodcuts, including a unique woodcut depicting an early version of tennis. Front hinge partially cracked. ?Coelum? with moving parts on pg. 10 missing, as is the case with most editions. Rare.