PBA Galleries

Johann Bernardt Basedow (1724-1790), famous pedagogue and follower of Rousseau, founder also of the so-called Philantropinum at Dessau, where the new enlightened views on education were put into practice. The engravings were designed to illustrate Basedow's teachings, showing maps, plans, views, plants, animals, minerals, trades and professions, musical instruments, illustrations of arts and sciences, historical scenes and scenes from daily life, all sorts of objects, implements and utensils, etc.