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[FINE PRESS]. [GOLDEN COCKEREL PRESS]. KOMENSKY, John Amos (1592-1670). The Labyrinth of the World and the Paradise of the Heart. Translated by Count Lutzow. Illustrations by Dorothea Braby. London: The Golden Cockerel Press, 1950. 8vo. Illustrated throughout. [2, blank], 271, [3, blank] pp. Publisher’s deluxe binding of full white pigskin, gilt red morocco inlaid on front board, spine tooled and lettered in gilt in compartments, five raised bands, gilt board edges and turn-ins, top edge gilt, housed in red cloth slipcase (minor occasional toning to binding, light wear to slipcase). Fine. #49/70 COPIES IN PUBLISHER’S SPECIALLY BOUND COPIES. Komensky (sometimes known as Comenius) was an innovator in education and is commonly considered the father of modern education.