The world in a box: the story of an eighteenth-century picture encyclopedia
Heesen, Anke Te.
This Is A Story About A Box That Contained The World. The Box Was The Picture Academy For The Young, A Popular Encyclopedia In Pictures Invented By Preacher-turned-publisher Johann Siegmund Stoy In Eighteenth Century Germany. Children Were Expected To Cut Out The Pictures From The Academy, Paste Them Onto Cards, And Arrange Those Cards In Ordered Compartments - The Whole World Filed In A Box Of Images.--page 4 Of Cover. Introduction: A Storehouse Of The Finest Materials -- 1. The Work And Its Author -- 2. From The Manufacture Of Books To The Pedagogical Cabinet -- 3. Sources And Structure Of The Picture Academy For The Young -- 4. Man And His Image In The Eighteenth Century -- 5. The Box And Collecting -- 6. The Box And Its Uses -- Conclusion: The World Boxed In, Then And Now -- App. Bibliographic Record Of The Picture Academy. Anke Te Heesen ; Translated By Ann M. Hentschel. Includes Bibliographical References (p. 203-226) And Index.
History, Children's encyclopedias and dictionaries, German--History and criticism, Encyclopedias and dictionaries, German--History and criticism, Picture dictionaries, German--History, Enlightenment--History, Enlightenment--Germany--History--18th century, Material culture--History, Material culture--Germany--History--18th century, Visual communication--History, Visual communication--Germany--History--18th century, Enlightenment, Enlightenment--Germany, Intellectual life, AG27.W433 H44 2002, 033/.1
| Name in long format: | The World In A Box: The Story Of An Eighteenth-century Picture Encyclopedia Weltkasten. English |
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| ISBN-10: | 0226322866 |
| ISBN-13: | 9780226322865 |
| Book language: | en |
| Edition: | 1 |
| Binding: | Hardcover |
| Publisher: | University Of Chicago Press |
| Dimensions: | xii, 237 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. |
