Editorial note — Orbis Sensualium Pictus, (continued 2)
Charles Hoole translation
Editor’s Preface:
The text for the English translation is from the English edition of 1727, in which for the first time the English words were so arranged as to stand opposite their Latin equivalents.
The 1659 English translation has the same general layout, but word order within sentences is often different, as explained in the “Advertisement” to the 1727 edition.
In the 1659 edition the Invitatio and Clausula (Close) are unnumbered, and in the 1727 edition there are two chapters CIV (104). In the 1727 Index, and in the numbers visible in the corner of some illustrations, chapter numbers 64 through 104 were off by one (printed as 63–103).
Chapter Name 1659 text 1727 index 1727 text
Invitation — — I (1)
God I (1) 2 II (2)
... ... ...
Shoemaker LXII (62) 63 LXIII (63)
Carpenter LXIII (63) 63 LXIV (64)
... ... ...
Geometry CII (102) 102 CIII (103)
Celestial Sphere CIII (103) 103 CIV (104)
Aspects of the Planets CIV (104) 104 CIV (104)
... ... ...
The Last Judgement CL (150) 150 CL (150)
The Close — — CLI (151)
Chapter XIX “here the king’s Fisher” The printed text reads “Fisher ... here the king’s”. The 1659 edition may explain the error:
Chapter CX “She proposeth ... End, to her Actions; Actionibus suis præfigit Scopum ...” Text shown as printed. The first Latin line corresponds to the last English line.
Chapter CXII “Revellers ... babble; Heluones ... rixantur.” The 1659 edition has “brabble”, meaning “quarrel” or “brawl”.
Chapter CXXVII Illustration shown as printed. For comparison, here is the equivalent illustration from the 1659 edition:
