[Signed] Silagadze, A. Megrelian Verse (Megruli leksi), 2014. In Georgian, with English contents and summary.

სილაგაძე, აპოლონ. მეგრული ლექსი / მეორე გამოცემა.
თბილისი : გამომცემლობა უნივერსალი, 2014. 152 გვერდი.
ნაბეჭდი გარეკანი. 20 სანტიმეტრი. პარალელური სათაური ინგლისურ ენაზე.
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Silagadze, Apollon. Megrelian Verse / Second edition.
Tbilisi : Universali Publishing House, 2014. 152 pages.
Paper wrappers. 20 cm. Parallel title in English.
Signed by the author on the front free endpaper.
Condition very good: firm and clean copy throughout.

A highly specialized linguistic and philological study on the versification system of the Megrelian (Mingrelian) language, authored by Apollon Silagadze (born 1942), a distinguished Georgian linguist, orientalist, and specialist in Kartvelian and Semitic languages. The Megrelian language, a member of the South Caucasian (Kartvelian) language family, possesses a rich oral poetic tradition but lacks a standardized written literature compared to Georgian. In this work, Silagadze meticulously analyzes the specific rhythmic, metrical, and structural characteristics of Megrelian folk poetry. He compares the Megrelian versification system with common Georgian versification, reconstructing the initial (pre-first) stage of common Georgian verse development. The book includes chapters on the traditional descriptions of Megrelian verse, its place within the broader Kartvelian literary context, and dialectal variations. This is the revised second edition of the work, published by the "Universali" press in 2014. This specific copy is greatly enhanced by a personal manuscript presentation inscription from A. Silagadze to Sh. Gabeskiria, a fellow Georgian philologist and prominent scholar of Kartvelian languages, adding significant association value. It is an essential volume for researchers of Caucasian languages, Kartvelology, and comparative poetics.