Hungarian literary antiques – book presentation

Antiquitates literaturae Hungaricae (Hungarian Literary Antiques), a volume by Miklós Révai was published in Latin in 1803, and it had a major influence on 19th-century Hungarian linguistics. In later times, the widely read and frequently quoted book was read by less and less people. Today it is only a title and a year in the history of linguistics. By publishing Révai’s volume in Hungarian, we aim at placing this work in the right context in the history of science. Introductory studies to the volume and notes accompanying the text are meant to serve this purpose.

The volume will be presented on June 11, 2015, in Room 516 of National Széchényi Library. The work will be presented by associate university professor and literary historian István Margócsy.

Published by National Széchényi Library and the Institute for Hungarian Linguistics and Finno-Ugric Studies at Eötvös Loránd University
Translated by Zsuzsa C. Vladár
Edited and indexed by Ágnes Stemler
ISBN 978 963 200 626
Price of the publication is HUF 2,800.

The book is available in NSZL’s bookshop or it can be ordered from the Office of New Publications of the Library. Contact: Tímea Budai-Király, Publication Store of the Directorate of Research and Academic Affairs, National Széchényi Library; Buda Castle “F” Building, H-1827 Budapest, Hungary; Tel.: + 361 224 3878, Fax: + 361 202 0804, e-mail: kiadvanytar@oszk.hu.

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