Author: Baranauskas Antanas , 1835 - 1902
Title: Kalbomokslis letuviszkos kalbos.
Title in English: Textbook of Lithuanian Language.
Published: Tilžėje, 1896.
A collection of three Lithuanian grammar textbooks. Textbook of the Lithuanian Language by the renowned author, poet, linguist, and Bishop of Seinai Antanas Baranauskas (1835–1902) was published without the author’s knowledge by priest, educator, and book smuggler Feliksas Sereika (1845–1913), who composed it from notes from the professor’s lectures. The book was published in 1896 in Enzis Jagomastas’ printing house in Tilžė, which operated until 1941. The book is bound with Santaika (Syntaxis) lituviškoję kalboję (Syntax in the Lithuanian Language, Kaunas, 1905) by priest Povilas Januševičius (1866–1948) and Główne zasady gramatyki litewskiej / Svarbiausieji pagrindai lietuviškos gramatikos (The Basics of Lithuanian Grammar, Warsaw, 1906) by publisher and member of the Lithuanian Science and Lithuanian Art Associations Jurgis Pesis (1880–1912).
Reference: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 86.
Published: "The Collection of Lawyer Jaunius Gumbis: the Past Preserved in Books". Museum and Collector - 7. Vilnius: National Museum of Lithuania, 2018, p. 86-87.