Orbis Pictus

''Orbis Pictus'', or ''Orbis Sensualium Pictus'' (''Visible World in Pictures''), is a textbook for children written by the Czech educator John Amos Comenius and published in 1658. It was the first widely used children's textbook with pictures, published first in Latin and German and later republished in many European languages. It has been described as "probably the first purpose-made children's picturebook". The revolutionary book quickly spread around Europe and became the defining children's textbook for centuries.

The book was published in Nuremberg and was initially used as a textbook for German schools. The first English translation was published in 1659, followed by French and Italian translations in 1666, and Czech and Hungarian translations in 1685. The textbook was a precursor of both audio-visual techniques and the lexical approach in language learning. Provided by Wikipedia