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CONTENTS The book is divided into chapters illustrated by Woodcut s, which are described in the accompanying text. The book has 150 chapters and covers a wide range of subjects:
HISTORY ]] Originally published in Latin and German in 1658 in Nuremberg , the book soon spread to schools in Germany and other countries. The first English Edition was published in 1659. The first Quadrilingual edition (in Latin, German, Italian and French ) was published in 1666. The first Czech translation was published in the 1685 quadrilingual edition (together with Latin, German and Hungarian ), by the Breuer publishing house in Levoča . In the years 1670–1780, new editions were published in various languages, with upgraded both pictures and text content. ''Orbis Pictus'' had a long-lasting influence on Children's Education and was a precursor of the use of audio-visual techniques in the classroom. SEE ALSO EXTERNAL LINKS
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