Garzoni's "Grammatica e vocabolario della lingua kurda", printed by the Propaganda Fide in Rome in 1787, was the first printed grammar of the Kurdish language and the first description of the language on a scientific basis. Garzoni has been called the "Father of Kurdology". 1/
Maurizio Garzoni wrote his grammar to enable Christian missionaries to converse with Kurmanji-speakers. Garzoni had reached the city of Mosul in 1762 and lived there until 1787. 2/
"This work is very important in the Kurdish history as it is the first acknowledgement of the originality of the Kurdish language on a scientific base. Garzoni was given the title of Father of Kurdology, and of The Pioneer Kurdish Grammarianβ (Mirella Galetti). 3/
This copy, bound in paneled calf, originates from the famous Signet Library in Edinburgh, the gilt supralibros of the Writers to the Signet is stamped on both covers. 4/
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