Potskhishvili, A. History of Georgian Linguistics (Kartuli Enatmetsnierebis Istoria). Book I. Editor K. Danelia. Tbilisi, 1995. In Georgian.

ფოცხიშვილი, ალექსანდრე (1925-2015). ქართული ენათმეცნიერების ისტორია. წიგნი I / ალექსანდრე ფოცხიშვილი ; რედაქტორი კ. დანელია.
თბილისი : [ბ. ს. კომბინატი], 1995. 640 გვერდი ; სტანდარტული ფორმატი.
მაგარი ყდა. ტირაჟი 1 000 ც.
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Potskhishvili, Aleksandre (1925-2015). History of Georgian Linguistics. Book I / Aleksandre Potskhishvili ; editor K. Danelia.
Tbilisi : [Book Printing Combine], 1995. 640 pp. ; standard format.
Hardcover. Print run of 1,000 copies.
Binding very good: clean, lettering crisp, light wear at spine ends. Text block good: clean, firm and complete.

Described in its own author's preface as the first attempt at a complete history of Georgian linguistic thought, this substantial reference work traces the development of Georgian grammatical and lexicographical scholarship from antiquity through the mid-nineteenth century. It opens with a comparative survey of early linguistic traditions elsewhere in the ancient and classical world (Egypt, Babylon, Hittite philology, Old Indian, Chinese, ancient Greek, Latin and Arabic linguistics) before turning to the origins of Georgian linguistic thought alongside the creation of the Georgian script itself, and proceeding chronologically through the medieval lexicographic and grammatical work of Bible translators; the Georgian-Italian dictionary of Nikoloz Cholokashvili (Niceforo Irbachi) and the Georgian-Arabic-Persian dictionary of Parsadan Gorgijanidze; Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, recognized here as the founder of modern Georgian lexicography; Anton I Bagrationi, credited as founder of modern Georgian linguistic thought, with a detailed account of his 1753 and 1767 grammars; the grammatical work of the brothers David and Ioane Bagrationi; Varlaam Eristavi's Georgian grammar written in Russian; Ioane Kartvelishvili's grammar; and the linguistic and lexicographical achievements of the brothers Niko and David Chubinashvili, the most celebrated Georgian lexicographers of the nineteenth century, together with their followers Solomon Dodashvili and Platon Ioseliani. A concluding section surveys surviving Georgian manuscript grammars and earlier attempts at writing the history of Georgian linguistic scholarship. Issued in a modest run of 1,000 copies during the difficult publishing conditions of mid-1990s Georgia, this appears to be the only volume of the projected work to have been published, its coverage stopping short of the modern period the author's preface implies was still to come.