THE SCOTTISH
GAELIC
LANGUAGE COLLECTION ~~~~~~~~ A truly unique and wonderful
collection of over 120 rare, out-of-print books and manuals compiled together
for the first time on one DVD DATA DISC aimed at anyone with an interest in the
ancient native language of Scotland
and the Scottish Highlands – GAELIC (Gaidhlig). Not only will this wonderful
collection of vintage literature be of great help to anyone interested in
learning or studying Gaelic, it also allows you to discover the roots of this
fascinating language – its origins and its links to other ancient languages. Included
in this stunning virtual library are several Gaelic – English / English-Gaelic
dictionaries, books on Gaelic grammar, phonetics, reading lessons,
self-teaching lessons and much more. Some of the books contained
within this collection are extremely hard-to-find and will provide a valuable
library of reference material. Overall, an absolute must for anyone with an
interest in Celtic languages and in particular the ancient native language of Scotland and the Scottish Highlands.
The full list of titles included, shown as 'Gaelic Language Books' and 'Scots Language Books' below, speaks for itself…. This superb compilation of
123 vintage books on DVD data disc provides literally 1,000’s of pages of great
content and fabulous photos / illustrations for the reader. All of the books
have been scanned in high quality and preserved forever in pdf format - easy to
read on your laptop or computer, or transfer to tablet, smartphone, kindle or
e-reader. You can also print entire books or select pages. This is without doubt the
most extensive collection of its kind - compiled over time by
rare-book-collections, and only available here!
The Full List of Titles
Included is as Follows:
‘Gaelic Language Books’: A collection
of Gaelic proverbs and familiar phrases - D. Macintosh (1882) A dictionary
of the Gaelic language 1. Gaelic and English. 2. English and Gaelic. - N.
MacLeod and D. Dewar (1839) A dictionary
of the Gaelic language, in two parts. 1. Gaelic and English. - 2. English and
Gaelic Vol. 1 Pt. 1 - N. MacLeod (1832) A dictionary
of the Gaelic language, in two parts. 1. Gaelic and English. - 2. English and
Gaelic Vol. 1 Pt. 2 - N. MacLeod (1832) A dictionary
of the Gaelic language, in two parts. 1. Gaelic and English. - 2. English and
Gaelic Vol. 2 Pt. 1 - N. MacLeod (1832) A double
grammar, of English and Gaelic, in which the principles of both languages are
clearly explained - J. Forbes (1843) A Gaelic
dictionary, in two parts - I. Gaelic and
English. - II. English and Gaelic - R. A. Armstrong (1825) A Gaelic
grammar, containing the parts of speech and the general principles of phonology
and etymology, with a chapter on proper and place names - G. Calder (1923) A Gaelic
spelling book (1842) A Galic and
English dictionary - W. Shaw (1780) A new
alphabetical vocabulary, Gailic and English,
with some directions for reading and writing the Gailic - R. Macfarlan
(1795) A new Gaelic
primer - containing elements of pronunciation, an abridged grammar, formation
of words, a list of Gaelic and Welsh vocables of like signification - J. Munro
(1854) A practical
grammar of the Scottish Gaelic - J. Munro (1843) A pronouncing
Gaelic dictionary - N. MacAlpine (1866) A treatise on
the language, poetry, and music of the Highland clans - D. Campbell (1862) An address to
Highlanders respecting their native Gaelic - A. Farquharson (1868) An analysis
of the Galic language - W. Shaw (1778) An
etymological dictionary of the Gaelic language - A. Macbain (1911) An teachdaire
Gaelach (1829) Antiquity of
the Gaelic language shewing its affinity to Hebrew, Greek, and Latin,
superseding the Masoretic points, and furnishing a key to the Hebrew vowel
sounds - D. Macintyre (1865) Archaeologia
Britannica, giving some account additional to what has been hitherto publish'd,
of the languages, histories and customs of the original inhabitants of Great
Britain - E. Lhuyd (1707) Celtic
dialects Gaelic, Brythonic, Pictish, and some Stirlingshire place-names - T. D.
MacDonald (1904) Celtic
researches, on the origin, traditions & language, of the ancient Britons -
E. Davies (1804) Celtic
studies - H. W. Ebel (1863) Celtic
studies from the German - H. W. Ebel (1863) Chraidhean an
Gdhlig 's am Beurla - Conversations in Gaelic and English - D. Macinnes (1892) Dictionarium
scoto-celticum, a dictionary of the Gaelic language - Vol. 1 (1828) Dictionarium
scoto-celticum, a dictionary of the Gaelic language - Vol. 2 (1828) Dictionary of
the Gaelic language 1. Gaelic and English. 2. English and Gaelic. - N. MacLeod
and D. Dewar (1909) Elementary
course of Gaelic - D. Reid (1913) Elementary
lessons in Gaelic - reading, grammar, and construction, with a vocabulary and
key - L. Macbean (1879) Elements of
Gaelic grammar - A. Stewart (1886) Ereuna, or,
An Investigation of the Etymons of words and names, classical and scriptural,
through the medium of Celtic, together with some remarks on Hebraeo-Celtic
affinities - Celtophile (1875) Etymology of
the principal Gaelic national names, personal names, surnames - A. Macbain
(1911) Faclair
gaidhlig - a Gaelic dictionary, specially designed for beginners Vol. 1 - E.
Dwelly (1902) Faclair
gaidhlig - a Gaelic dictionary, specially designed for beginners Vol. 2 - E.
Dwelly (1902) Faclair
gaidhlig - a Gaelic dictionary, specially designed for beginners Vol. 3 - E.
Dwelly (1902) Gaelic made
easy a guide to Gaelic for beginners
Pt.2 - J. M. Paterson (1898) Gaelic names
of beasts (Mammalia), birds, fishes, insects, reptiles, etc. in two parts 1.
Gaelic-English.- 2. English-Gaelic - A. R. Forbes (1905) Gaelic texts
for schools, with grammar, vocabulary, and full notes and exercises on parsing,
analysis, etc Vol. 1 - H. C. Gillies (1903) Gaelic
vocabulary and phrase book - J. Munro (1913) Gaelic-English
dictionary - A. Maceachen (1922) Grammatica
celtica Vol. 1 - K. Zeuss (1853) Grammatica
celtica Vol. 2 - K. Zeuss (1853) Guide to
Gaelic conversation and pronunciation - with vocabularies, dialogues, phrases,
and letter forms - L. Macbean (1905) Guide to the
reading of the Gaelic language - A. M'Laurin (1816) How to learn
Gaelic - orthographical instructions, grammar, and reading lessons - J. Whyte
(1906) How to read
Gaelic - orthographical instructions, reading lessons and grammar - J. Whyte
(1898) Introduction
to Gaelic for beginners - J. W. MacLean (1800) Lecture on
the importance of the Gaelic language to Highlanders - P. MacNaughton (1885) MacLaren's
Gaelic self-taught - J. Maclaren (1923) Macleod's
Gaelic reader, with notes and vocabulary - N. Macleod (1909) Observations
on the propriety of preserving the dress, the language, the poetry, the music,
and the customs, of the ancient inhabitants of Scotland - J. Sinclair (1804) On the
so-called Celtic languages in reference to the question of race - J. Crawfurd
(1863) Poems and
songs, Gaelic and English - M. C. Mackellar (1880) Practical
lessons in Gaelic - for the use of English-speaking students - D. C. Macpherson
(1881) Pronouncing
Gaelic dictionary, to which is prefixed a concise but most comprehensive Gaelic
grammar - N. MacAlpine (1885) Recherches
sur les langues celtiques - W. Edwards (1844) Reliquiæ
celticæ - texts, papers and studies in Gaelic literature and philology Vol. 1 -
A. Cameron (1892) Reliquiæ
celticæ - texts, papers and studies in Gaelic literature and philology Vol. 2 -
A. Cameron (1892) Remains of
Japhet - being historical enquiries into the affinity and origin of the
European languages - J. Parsons (1767) Rosg Gaidhlig
- specimens of Gaelic prose - W. J. Watson (1915) Scottish
Gaelic as a specific subject, stage I - Highland Association (1893) Scottish
land-names; their origin and meaning - H. Maxwell (1894) Select
English poems - with Gaelic translations; arranged on opposite pages; also,
several pieces of original Gaelic poetry Vols. 1 - 2 - A. Sinclair (1862) Sgeulaiche
nan caol - original Gaelic readings, sketches, poems and songs - J. MacFayden
(1902) The affinity
between the Hebrew language and the Celtic - being a comparison between Hebrew
and the Gaelic language, or the Celtic of Scotland - T. Stratton (1872) The
Argyleshire pronouncing Gaelic dictionary, to which is prefixed a concise but
most comprehensive Gaelic grammar - N. MacAlpine (1832) The Celtic
element in the dialectic words of the counties of Northampton & Leicester -
J. Davies (1885) The Celtic
garland - translations of Gaelic and English songs, and Gaelic readings, etc. -
H. Whyte (1885) The Celtic
tragedy - British races, languages and religions - N.
Murray (1919) The eastern
origin of the Celtic nations proved by a comparison of their dialects with the
Sanskrit, Greek, Latin, and Teutonic languages - J. C. Prichard (1857) The elements
of Gaelic grammar - H. Gillies (1896) The Gaelic
bards, and original poems - T. Pattison (1890) The Gaelic
class book - H. C. Gillies (1896) The Gaelic
etymology of the languages of western Europe - and more especially of the
English and Lowland Scotch and of their slang, cant, and colloquial dialects -
C. Mackay (1877) The Gaelic
names of plants (Scottish, Irish, and Manx), collected and arranged in
scientific order, with notes on their etymology, uses, plant superstitions,
etc., among the Celts - J. Cameron (1900) The Gaelic
reader, with notes and vocabulary - M. Maclennan (1903) The history
of the Celtic language - L. Maclean (1840) The
illustrated Gaelic dictionary Vol. 1 - E. Dwelly (1918) The
illustrated Gaelic dictionary Vol. 2 - E. Dwelly (1918) The
illustrated Gaelic dictionary Vol. 3 - E. Dwelly (1918) The language
and literature of the Scottish Highlands - J. S. Blackie (1876) The Norse
influence on Celtic Scotland
- G. Henderson (1910) The old Highlands; being papers read before the Gaelic Society of
Glasgow, 1895-1906 - N. Munro (1908) The phonetics
of the Gaelic language - M. Macfarlane (1889) The
principles of Gaelic grammar - A. Currie (1828) The
principles of Gaelic grammar - with the definitions, rules, and examples,
clearly expressed in English and Gaelic - J. Forbes (1848) The Royal
Primer - An Leabhar-chloinne rioghail (1878) The school
Gaelic dictionary - M. Macfarlane (1912) The tourists
hand-book of Gaelic and English phrases for the Highlands
- M. Mackellar (1880) The word Celt
- J. Dunn (1907) Thoughts on
the origin and descent of the Gael, with an account of the Picts, Caledonians,
and Scots - J. Grant (1814) Vestigia
celtica - celtic footprints in philology, ethics, and religion - D. Masson
(1882) ‘Scots Language Books’: A critical
inquiry into the Scottish language with the view of illustrating the rise and
progress of civilisation in Scotland
- F. Michel (1882) A Dictionary
of Lowland Scotch, with an introductory chapter on the poetry, humor, and
literary history of the Scottish language and an appendix of Scottish proverbs
- C. Mackay (1888) A dictionary
of the Scottish language, in which the words are explained in their different
senses - J. Jamieson (1846) A glossary of
the Shetland dialect - J. S. Angus (1914) A
investigation of the rimes and phonology of the Middle-Scotch romance
Clariodus; a contribution to the history of the English language in Scotland
- F. J. Curtis (1894) A study in
the language of Scottish prose before 1600 - W. P. Reeves (1893) An
etymological dictionary of the Scottish language; to which is prefixed, a
dissertation on the origin of the Scottish language Vol. 1 - J. Jamieson (1879) An
etymological dictionary of the Scottish language; to which is prefixed, a
dissertation on the origin of the Scottish language Vol. 2 - J. Jamieson (1879) An etymological
dictionary of the Scottish language; to which is prefixed, a dissertation on
the origin of the Scottish language Vol. 3 - J. Jamieson (1879) An
etymological glossary of the Shetland & Orkney dialect, with some
derivations of names of places in Shetland - T. Edmonston (1866) Ancient
Scottish poems - G. Bannatyne (1770) Desultory
notes on Jamieson's Scottish dictionary - J. B. Fleming (1899) Lowland
Scotch as spoken in the lower Strathearn district of Perthshire - J. Wilson
(1915) Lowland Scots
pronunciation - M. Kennedy-Fraser (1922) Manual of
modern Scots - W. Grant (1921) Pocket
dictionary of the Scottish idiom - R. Motherby (1826) Poems - S. P.
Douglas (1861) Scandinavian
influence on Southern Lowland Scotch. A contribution to the study of the linguistic
relations of English and Scandinavian - G. T. Flom (1900) Scottish
land-names; their origin and meaning - H. E. Maxwell (1894) Songs of
Angus - V. Jacob (1923) Specimens of
Middle Scots - G. G. Smith (1902) Studies in
Lowland Scots - J. Colville (1909) Supplement to
Jamieson's Scottish dictionary with memoir, and introduction - J. Jamieson
(1887) The dialect
and place names of Shetland - J. Jakobsen (1897) The dialect
of Robert Burns as spoken in central Ayrshire - J. Wilson (1923) The dialect
of the southern counties of Scotland
- its pronunciation, grammar, and historical relations, the present limits of
the Gaelic and lowland Scotch - J. Murray (1873) The
pronunciation of English in Scotland
- W. Grant (1913) Two ancient
Scottish poems; the Gaberlunzie-man and Christ's kirk on the green - James I,
King of Scotland
(1782) What still
remains to be done for the Scottish dialects - W. Grant (1909) The ultimate rare
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