UNIVERSAL LANGUAGE

RÉTHY, ANDREA.

Lingua Universalis communi omnium nationum usui accommodata.

Viennae, Typis Antonii Strauss, 1821. 8vo. Contemporary blue marbled boards. Wear to capitals and corners. Internally very nice and clean. 144 pp.

The scarce first edition. with a signed presentation-inscription to front free end-paper: "In/ perennem antiquae amicitiae T(? -I? - J?)esseram/ Andreas Rethy", of this interesting attempt at a universal language by the Hungarian professor of Greek.

The work, which was published more than half a decade before Esperanto and Volapük appeared, constitutes a "Dictionary" with words and their Latin translations - divided into 9 "Classis" that are sub-divided into nouns, verbs, and adverbs.

Order-nr.: 44021