[Encyclopedias] J.A. Comenius. Eerste Deel der School-Geleertheyd,
genoemt Het Portael: Inhoudende De Grondtveste der dingen, en onser Wijsheyd omtrent de dingen (…). Prima Pars Scholasticæ Eruditionis dicta Vestibulum (…). Amst., G. de Roy, 1658. (16),156,(72) p. Engr. title-p. by C. de Passe and 38 full-p. engr., text in Latin and Dutch. Contemp. vellum w. manuscript title on spine. Sm. 8vo.
Fine condition, especially considering this was a children's school book. 1st Dutch ed. of this famous pictorial encyclopedia for school children by Comenius, who was the first to put pictorial education into practice.