Incunabula
Incunabula

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ALBANIAN BOOKS
One of the most interesting of all European languages, Albanian is an isolate within the Indo-European family, not closely related to any other Indo-European language.
Its orthographic diversity is astonishing - it's been written in more than a dozen scripts. 1/
T’nnoλunat e Scćypniis, by "gni Gheghet ći don vênnin e vet" [a Gheg who loves his country].
Nom de plume of Lajos Thallóczy (1857-1916). Shkodër, Albania [but in reality Vienna, Austria] 1898.
The first ever book on the history of Albania written in the Albanian language. 2/
Kǝndime per Školǝ tǝ para tǝ Škypǝniǝsǝ. pjesa e para [Singing for Primary Schools. First Part].
An Albanian primer and textbook for classroom use, written by the Albanian scholar and priest Ndre Mjeda (1866-1937) and published anonymously in Vienna in 1902. 3/
Kalendari i Šoknisǝ “Dija” pǝr vjetǝn 1906, Vienna 1905.
Includes a calendar for 1906 with names of the Christian saints, statistical charts on the geography of the world, short stories, poetry & train schedules between Albania & various places in the Austro-Hungarian Empire. 4/

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