Mokslas skaitymo rašto lietuviško | |
Author: | Unknown |
Country: | Lithuania |
Language: | Lithuanian |
Subject: | Primer |
Genre: | Lithuanian language educational book |
Published: | 1759–1864 |
Publisher: | Vilnius University Press, Józef Zawadzki Press |
Mokslas skaitymo rašto lietuviško (Old Lithuanian: Moksłas skaityma raszta lietuwiszka; en|The Science of Reading the Lithuanian Writing) is the first Catholic primer of the Lithuanian language.[1] [2] [3]
The first Lithuanian primer Mokslas skaitymo rašto lenkiško (Old Lithuanian: Moksłas skaytima raszto lękiszko; en|The Science of Reading the Polish Writing) was published in 1759–1761, however later it was published with a name Mokslas skaitymo rašto lietuviško (Old Lithuanian: Moksłas skaityma raszta lietuwiszka; en|The Science of Reading the Lithuanian Writing). In 1776–1790, about 1,000 copies of the primer were issued annually, in total – over 15,000 copies. This primer was published until 1864 and was the most important factor in educating the mass audience of readers of the Lithuanian literature.