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• Logopandecteision, or, An introdvction to the vniversal langvage digested into these six several books, Neaudethaumata, Chrestasbeia, Cleronomaporia, Chryseomystes, Nelcadicastes, & Philoponauxesis / by Sir Thomas Urquhart of Cromartie ... (London : Printed and are to be sold by Giles Calvert ... and by Richard Tomlins ..., 1653), by Thomas Urquhart (HTML at EEBO TCP)

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• The Primary Synopsis of Universology and Alwato: The New Scientific Universal Language (New York: D. Thomas, 1871), by Stephen Pearl Andrews (multiple formats at archive.org)
• A Universal Alphabet, Grammar, and Language: Comprising a Scientific Classification of The Radical Elements of Discourse and Illustrative Translations From The Holy Scriptures and The Principal British Classics; To Which Is Added a Dictionary of The Language (London and Glassgow: R. Griffin and Co., ca. 1856), by George Edmonds
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• International Language, Past Present and Future; With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1907), by Walter John Clark (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Defects of Esperanto, Its Decline and the Growth of Ilo: An Address Delivered in the New York Ilo Society on the First Meeting of the New Year, January 21st, 1909 (New York: Universal Language Pub. Co, 1909), by Max Talmey
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• Le langage martien; étude analytique de la genèse d'une langue dans un cas de glossolalie somnambulique (J. Maisonneuve, 1901), by Victor Henry (page images at HathiTrust)
• Estudio filólogico sobre lengua universal (Impr. de Infantería de marina, 1888), by L. Selbor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Ziffern-Grammatik : welche mit Hilfe der Wörterbücher ein mechanisches Übersetzen aus einer Sprache in alle anderen ermöglicht. (Graz, 1903), by Wilhelm L. Rieger (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grammar with vocabularies of Volapük : (the language of the world) for all speakers of the English language (Tho. Murray ;, 1887), by Johann Martin Schleyer and W. A. Seret (page images at HathiTrust)
• Cosmopolitan conversation : the language problems of international conferences (Columbia University Press, 1933), by Herbert N. Shenton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zum Weltsprachenproblem in England im 17. Jahrhundert : G. Dalgarno's "Ars signorum" (1661) und J. Wilkins'"Essay towards a real character and a philosophical language" (1668) (C. Winter, 1929), by Otto Funke (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of the international language movement (T. F. Unwin, ltd., 1922), by Albert Léon Guérard (page images at HathiTrust)
• An international language (G. Allen & Unwin, ltd., 1928), by Otto Jespersen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Za vseobshchim i͡azykom. (#, 1928), by Ernest Karlovich Drezen (page images at HathiTrust)
• A universal language, formed on philosophical and analogical principles. Comprising a grammar, a dictionary of radices, or the radical parts of words, and pieces written in the language, with their translation into English. (Printed by M'Calla and Davis, 1829), by James Ruggles (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Pamphlets in philology and the humanities. Vol. 12] ([publisher not identified], 1892), by Josephine May. 1909 Burnham, Raymond Durbin Miller, John Harrower, Fred Newton Scott, Alexis Frederick Lange, H. G. Paul, Hamilton Holt, Rollo Ogden, Carl Meinhof, Otto Knapp, Hugo Edward Eick, Frank Egbert Bryant, Frank G. Hubbard, George Rebec, Mario Rossi, William Warner Bishop, James Dowden Bruner, Wm. E. Bohn, A. Leskien, Karl Brugmann, A. L. Pogodin, George J. Tamson, Edward Thomas Owen, Hugo Helbing, W. Wetz, and James Hayden Tufts (page images at HathiTrust)
• The primary synopsis of universology and Alwato : the new scientific universal language (D. Thomas, 1871), by Stephen Pearl Andrews (page images at HathiTrust)
• The auxiliary language "Ido" : Origin, nature, structure, specimens, grammatical summary; comparison with Esperanto, why not Latin or French or English? (J.W. Baxter, 1917), by L. de Beaufront (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grundlagen der völkerverkehrssprache; entwürfe für den auf- und ausbau einer denkrichtigen, neutralen kunstsprache als zukünftige schriftsprache ... (Kühtmann, 1902), by Carl Dietrich (page images at HathiTrust)
• Internacia Frazaro : originale verkita de diverslandaj aŭtoroj. (Amerika Esperanto-Instituto, 1929), by Alfred Kenngott (page images at HathiTrust)
• The secret languages of Ireland ([Liverpool, 1909), by Kuno Meyer (page images at HathiTrust)
• Die internationale Hilfssprache Novilatin. Ein Vorschlag. (Dieterich, 1907), by Ernst Beermann (page images at HathiTrust)
• A short history of the international language movement (Boni & Liveright, 1921), by Albert Léon Guérard (page images at HathiTrust)
• Diccionario de lengua universal, precedido del resúmen de su gramátiea, y seguido de varios apéndices muy importantes. (J. Martín Alegría, 1862), by Bonifacio Sotos Ochando (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eine Gemeinsprache der Kulturvölker. (F.A. Brockhaus, 1891), by Alberto Liptay (page images at HathiTrust)
• International language movement (Boni and Liveright, 1921), by Albert Léon Guérard (page images at HathiTrust)
• D'une langue auxiliaire internationale au point de vue du droit des gens (Félix Rey, 1902), by Louis Fauvart-Bastoul (page images at HathiTrust)
• Spelin : a universal language (C. T. Strauss, 1889), by Georg Bauer and Charles T. Strauss (page images at HathiTrust)
• Essai sur les langues naturelles et les langues artificielles. (Kiessling, 1904), by Pyrrhus Bardyli (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Kritik der künstlichen Weltsprachen : veranlasst durch die gleichnamige Broschüre von Karl Brugmann und August Leskien (Veit, 1908), by Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auf Anlass des Volapüks. (R. Oppenheim, 1888), by Hugo Schuchardt (page images at HathiTrust)
• [Pamphlets on artificial languages]. (1902) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Auf dem wege zur europäischen sprache? (Liebheit & Thiesen, 1910) (page images at HathiTrust)
• An international language (W.W. Norton, 1929), by Otto Jespersen (page images at HathiTrust)
• Translingua script : a code of interlinguistic communication ([Iowa City, Iowa] : [publisher not identified], 1961., 1961), by Erich Funke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Play languages and language play. (Esperanto, 1963), by Artsid Otsikrev (page images at HathiTrust)
• El problema de una lengua auxiliar internacional y su solucion: el esperanto. ([Impr. de J. Lauderman], 1928), by Elías J. Johns (page images at HathiTrust)
• Polygraphie (Chez l'Auteur, 1800), by Zalkind Hourwitz (page images at HathiTrust)

• The Abakuá language in Cuba : a glossary (Dept. of Afro-American Studies, University of Wisconsin--Milwaukee, 1976), by Roberto Nodal (page images at HathiTrust)

• Rund um die Welt. (Georg Olms, 1888) (page images at HathiTrust)

• Volapük in the schools ([s.n.], 1892), by H. C. Creed (page images at HathiTrust)

• Jesu Kristo : sa biografio segun la quar evangelyi (Vendebla che Math. Kraus, librovendisto, 1908), by Johann Baptiste Pinth (page images at HathiTrust)

• American, the new Pan-American language (Hausauer-Jones printing co.], 1917), by Charles Leo O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)

• La langue bleue-Bolak--langue internationale pratique (Éditions de la langue bleue, 1899), by Léon Bollack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abridged grammar of the Blue language, Bolak, international practical language (Blue language, 1900), by Léon Bollack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Abridged grammar of the blue language, Bolak; national practical language; English version (Editions of the Blue language, 1900), by Léon Bollack (page images at HathiTrust)
• Grammaire abrégée de la langue bleue Bolak - Langue internationale pratique. (Editions de la langue bleue, 1899), by Léon Bollack (page images at HathiTrust)
• The blue language--Bolak--international practical language. (Editions of the Blue Language, 1900), by Léon Bollack and Leon Tischer (page images at HathiTrust)
• La langue bleue-Bolak--langue internationale pratique ... (Éditions de la langue bleue, 1899), by Léon Bollack (page images at HathiTrust)

• Esperanto: A Lecture (Rockford, IL: Amerika Esperanto-Instituto, c1928), by A. Kenngott (page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• Defects of Esperanto, Its Decline and the Growth of Ilo: An Address Delivered in the New York Ilo Society on the First Meeting of the New Year, January 21st, 1909 (New York: Universal Language Pub. Co, 1909), by Max Talmey
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• The Esperanto Manual: A Complete Guide to Esperanto in the Form of Twenty-Five Lectures Specially Adapted to the Requirements of Pupils in Evening Classes, Yet Equally Useful for Home Study (revised edition (18th thousand); London: "La Espero" and the British Esperanto Association, 1921), by Margaret L. Blaise
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• The Esperanto Teacher: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians (sixth edition; London: British Esperanto Association, ca. 1907), by Helen Fryer, ed. by Edward A. Millidge, contrib. by L. L. Zamenhof (microfilm reprint: page images at HathiTrust; US access only)
• The Esperanto Teacher: A Simple Course for Non-Grammarians (tenth edition; London: British Esperanto Association, ca. 1907), by Helen Fryer, ed. by Edward A. Millidge, contrib. by L. L. Zamenhof (Gutenberg text)
• International Language, Past Present and Future; With Specimens of Esperanto and Grammar (London: J. M. Dent and Co., 1907), by Walter John Clark (multiple formats at archive.org)
• Karlo: Facila Legolibro por la Lernado de Esperanto (third edition, in Esperanto; 1910), by Edmond Privat (Gutenberg text)
• Zur kritik der künstlichen weltsprachen. (K. J. Trübner, 1907), by Karl Brugmann and A. Leskien (page images at HathiTrust)
• The green star (National institue of Esperanto, 1944), by Joseph W. Dubin and Philadelphia National institute of Esperanto (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto for the English. (D. McKay, 1909), by A. Franks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historio de la lingvo esperanto ... (F. Hirt & sohn, 1923), by Edmond Privat (page images at HathiTrust)
• An attempt towards an international language. (H. Holt & company, 1889), by L. L. Zamenhof and Henry Phillips (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vivo de Zamenhof. (Brita esperanto-asocio, 1920), by Edmond Privat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Originala verkaro: antaŭparoloj--gazetartikoloj--traktaĵoj--paroladoj--leteroj-- poemoj. (F. Hirt & sohn, 1929), by L. L. Zamenhof and Johann Dietterle (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto as an international auxiliary language. Report of the general Secretariat of the League of nations adopted by the third Assembly, 1922. (Impr. des Presses universitaires de France, 1922), by League of Nations. Secretariat and League of Nations. 3d Assembly (page images at HathiTrust)
• Past, present, future? English version. (["Likaga" Esperanto Publishers], 1960), by Ted Hagner (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'esperanto et les langues nationales. (Office central espérantiste, 1909), by H. Sebert (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shi jie yu lun wen ji (Min zhi shu ju, 1925), by Yunru Lü (page images at HathiTrust)
• Guo ji yu yun dong. (1924) (page images at HathiTrust)
• Du mil novaj vortoj, ĉerpitaj el la verkaro de Dro. L.L. Zamenhof netroveblaj en Universala Vortaro, ellaboris Paul Boulet. (Hachette, 1909), by Paul Boulet (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'Espéranto et le système bilingue; la langue internationale réalisée par l'alliance du Français et de l'Anglais. (B. Grasset, 1911), by Paul Chappellier (page images at HathiTrust)
• A propos de: Pourquoi je suis devenu espérantiste : lettres adressées à auteur / Ernest Archdeacon. ([E. Archdeacon?, 1911), by Ernest Archdeacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pourquoi je suis devenu espérantiste (Arthème Fayard, 1910), by Ernest Archdeacon (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Esperanto book : a compendium of the international language Esperanto (American Esperantist Co., 1909), by Arthur Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamento de Esperanto, gramatiko, ekzercaro, universala vortaro. (Hachette et cie; [etc., etc.], 1905), by L. L. Zamenhof (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto the aggressor language. ([Washington], 1962), by United States. Department of the Army (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kverko kaj floro (Presa esperantista societo, 1906), by Edmondo De Amicis and S-ino Rosa Junck (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto course for beginners in ten lessons (Esperanto Association of North America, 1931), by J. J. Sussmuth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto, langue auxiliaire internationale; brochure de propagande. (Paris, 1904), by Touring-Club de France (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tra la Jaro: Esperanta lernolibro por komencantoj ĉiulandaj. (Dent, 1924), by Lucy E. Waddy (page images at HathiTrust)
• The American Esperanto book : a compendium of the international language Esperanto ([s.n.], 1907), by Arthur Baker (page images at HathiTrust)
• Vollständiges Lehrbuch der Esperanto-Sprache. Mit Uebungen, Syntax und Proben aus Poesie und Prosa. (Möller & Borel, 1906), by J. Borel (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto-germana frazlibro de la ĉiutaga vivo. Deutsche und Esperanto-Gespräche über Alltägliches. (Möller & Borel, 1908), by J. Borel and R. Anton (page images at HathiTrust)
• Makbeto (Librejo Hachette & Co., 1908), by William Shakespeare and D. H. Lambert (page images at HathiTrust)
• International language, past, present & future (J.M. Dent, 1907), by Walter John Clark (page images at HathiTrust)
• "Das heilige buch"; enthüllte mysterien des fundamento der esperantisten ... (Pionier-verlag, 1910), by A. Haugg (page images at HathiTrust)
• Internacia Frazaro : originale verkita de diverslandaj aŭtoroj. (Amerika Esperanto-Instituto, 1929), by Alfred Kenngott (page images at HathiTrust)
• Konkordanco de Ekzercaro de dro L.L. Zamenhof (Hachette et cie; [etc., etc.], 1907), by Alfred E. Wackrill and L. L. Zamenhof (page images at HathiTrust)
• Historio de la lingvo esperanto ... (F. Hirt & sohn, 1923), by Edmond Privat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Het esperanto in het dagelijksch verkeer (Electrische drukkerij "Nieuw Leven", 1917), by Hendrik Jan Bulthuis (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto as an international auxiliary language : report of the General Secretariat of the League of Nations ([League of Nations], 1922), by League of Nations. Secretariat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kultur und Sprache (Vita Deutsches Verlagshaus G.m.b.H, 1916), by Ernst Kliemke (page images at HathiTrust)
• Världsspråksfrågan en lifsfråga. (Gefle bokförlag, 1915), by Einar Adamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Världsspråket i kulturarbetet. (Esperantovännerna, 1918), by Einar Adamson (page images at HathiTrust)
• Provo de esperanta nomigado de personaj nomoj; de Esperantisto no.10,072. (Pubul y Morales, 1907) (page images at HathiTrust)
• La rego de la Ora Rivero au la nigraj fratoj (Esperanto Verlag Moller & Borel, 1910), by John Ruskin and Ivy Kellerman Reed (page images at HathiTrust)
• Fundamenta krestomatio de la lingvo esperanto (Esperantista Centra Librejo, 1912), by L. L. Zamenhof (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto-English dictionary (Review of Reviews Office, 1908), by Achile Motteau (page images at HathiTrust)
• La langue internationale peut-elle être le latin : étude extraite de l'espérantiste. Textes français et esperanto juxtaposés. (Impr. Espérantiste, 1905), by L. de Beaufront (page images at HathiTrust)
• Nova vortaro Esperanto-Hina (Min zhi shu ju, 1922), by Wudeng (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto self-taught : with phonetic pronunciation. (E. Marlborough & co., 1908), by William W. Mann (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanto for the English. (Milner & Co., Ltd., 1908), by A. Franks (page images at HathiTrust)
• Śafah aḥat le-khulanu. ([s.n.], 1888), by L. L. Zamenhof (page images at HathiTrust)
• Warum ich Esperanto verliess; Eine Studie über die gegenwärtige Krisis und die Zukunft der Weltsprachen-Bewegung. (Liebheit & Thiesen, 1908), by Walther Borgius (page images at HathiTrust)
• L'esperanto; conférence aux officiers de l'École Supérieure de Marine. ([Lib.] Hachette et Cie., 1907), by C. Bourlet (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esperanta sintakso. (Fruictier, 1903), by Paul Fruictier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Étude sur la dérivation en esperanto, dédiée à MM. les membres du comité de ls Délégation pour l'adoption d'une langue auxiliarie internationale (Impr. P. Brodard, 1907), by Louis Couturat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Lettres commerciales pratiques en Esperanto. (Hachette kaj ko, etc., etc., 1908), by J. C. O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
• A primer of Esperanto, the auxiliary language; a second language for all nations. (British Esperanto association, inc., 1907), by J. C. O'Connor (page images at HathiTrust)
• Eĥoj el Manila (Turnu sin al l'autoro, 1911), by Edgar A. McClellan (page images at HathiTrust)
• Kondukanto al la stacia pilkludo (basbalo) aranĝis Erik (American sports publishing co., 1910), by Thomas S. Rice (page images at HathiTrust)
• Zur Kritik der künstlichen Weltsprachen : veranlasst durch die gleichnamige Broschüre von Karl Brugmann und August Leskien (Veit, 1908), by Jan Niecisław Baudouin de Courtenay (page images at HathiTrust)
• Curso práctico de Esperanto. Lecciones graduadas y ejercicios para aprender rápidamente la lengua internacional (J. Espasa, 1906), by R. Duyos Sedó and Vicente Inglada Ors (page images at HathiTrust)
• La vort-teorio en Esperanto (Universala esperantia librejo, 1914), by René de Saussure (page images at HathiTrust)
• Shi jie yu gai lun (Shang wu yin shu guan, 1921), by Houjue Guo (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sekaigo (Esuperanto) bunpō, kaiwa, tokuhon, jisho tsuki (Saiunkaku, 1906), by Shimei Futabatei (page images at HathiTrust)
• Pri esperanto; diskutado pri kelkaj ŝanĝoj de Ido proponitaj. El franca lingvo, kun la permeso de l'aŭturo, esperantigis René Ferter ... (Esperantista centra oficejo, 1913), by Camille Aymonier (page images at HathiTrust)
• Demandaro pri la historio, literaturo kaj organizajoj de Esperanto por esperantaj ekzamenoj (F. Ader, 1911), by R. de Ladevèze (page images at HathiTrust)
• Sur le français de l'anglais comme langues internationales (Proposition chappellier-Dauzat) Appréciation [!] (Impr. Chaix, 1915), by L. de Beaufront (page images at HathiTrust)
• Tra Mez-Afriko. A travers l'Afrique centrale. Parolado kun projekcioj donita al la dua Universala kongreso d'Esperanto, en Genevo, je la sabato la de septembro 1906a, conférence avec projections donnée au 2me Congrès universel d'Espéranto, à Genève, le samedi 1er septembre 1906. (Impr. scientifique A. J. Witteryck, 1907), by Charles François Alexandre Lemaire (page images at HathiTrust)
• Short outline of Esperanto (American Esperanto Institute, 1936), by J. J. Sussmuth (page images at HathiTrust)
• Enzyklopädisches Wörterbuch esperanto-deutsch : mit besonderer aufweisung des Zamenhof'schen sprachgebrauchs; versuch auf dem wege zum Internationalen Synthetischen esperanto-Wöterbuch (F. Hirt, 1923), by Eugen Wüster and Esperanto-instituto por la Germana respubliko (page images at HathiTrust)
• Bildotabuloj por la instruado de Esperanto (F. Hirt & Sohn, 1921), by Thora Goldschmidt and Johann Dietterle (page images at HathiTrust)
• The Esperanto guide : a complete manual of the international language for English-speaking people (The Specialty press pty. ltd., 1918), by Maurice Hyde (page images at HathiTrust)
• Let's take another look at language : language and world peace (Exposition, 1958), by Evelyn Oline (page images at HathiTrust)
• Troisième Congrès Universel d'Esperanto, Cambridge, 9-17 août 1907 : extraits d'articles de divers journaux anglais (texte anglais). (Office Central Espérantiste, 1907), by World Esperanto Congress (page images at HathiTrust)
• The esperanto home-student. Specially arranged for self-instruction and for use in day and evening schools. ([At the offices of the] "Leith Burghs Pilot", 1909), by James Robbie (page images at HathiTrust)
• Letters that bring business : being practical business letters trnslated into Esperanto, with key (Guilbert Pitman, 1907), by J. C. O'Connor and P. D. Hugon (page images at HathiTrust)
• Doktoro Zamenhof e la delegitaro (Dro Zamenhof reformisto) Kolekto de dokumenti needitita ed autentika. (Impr. Chaix, 1914), by L. L. Zamenhof and Louis Couturat (page images at HathiTrust)
• Utileco de esperanto por la blinduloj. (Presa Esperantista Societo, 1910), by Prezenty Levy (page images at HathiTrust)
• Esuperanto zentei : dokushūyō kyōkayō (Nihon Esuperantosha, 1921), by Toshio Chifu (page images at HathiTrust)
• El problema de una lengua auxiliar internacional y su solucion: el esperanto. ([Impr. de J. Lauderman], 1928), by Elías J. Johns (page images at HathiTrust)
• Por kaj kontraŭ Esperanto : Dialogo (in Esperanto), by Henri Vallienne (Gutenberg ebook)
• Esperanta sintakso: Laŭ verkoj de S-ro D-ro Zamenhof kaj aliaj aŭtoroj (in Esperanto), by Paul Fruictier (Gutenberg ebook)
• La Vendreda Klubo: 11 diversaj originalaj artikoloj verkitaj de la "Vendredoklubanoj" en Leipzig (in Esperanto), ed. by Johannes Dietterle (Gutenberg ebook)
• En Rusujo per Esperanto (in Esperanto), by A. Rivier (Gutenberg ebook)
• De waarheid over Esperanto en Ido = La vérité sur l'Esperanto et l'Ido (in French and Dutch), by Antoon Jozef Witteryck (Gutenberg ebook)
• La Lastaj Tagoj de Dro L. L. Zamenhof: kaj la Funebra Ceremonio (in Esperanto), ed. by Adolf Oberrotman and Teo Jung (Gutenberg ebook)
• Vivo de Zamenhof (in Esperanto), by Edmond Privat (Gutenberg ebook)
• La liturgio de l' foiro (Elementoj por ekzegezo) (in Esperanto), by Jorge Camacho (Gutenberg ebook)
• Dua Libro de l' Lingvo Internacia (in Esperanto), by L. L. Zamenhof (Gutenberg ebook)
• Esperanto: Hearings before the Committee on Education, by Richard Bartholdt and A. Christen (Gutenberg ebook)

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