Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Jubilee Collection (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Saiubileo krebuli). Ed. by L. Menabde, 1959. In Georgian.

სულხან-საბა ორბელიანი: საიუბილეო კრებული.
რედაქტორი ლ. მენაბდე.
თბილისი: თბილ. სახელმწ. უნ-ტის გამ-ბა და სტ., 1959.
255 გვ. : 1 ფურც. პორტრ. ; 24 სმ. ტირაჟი — 2000 ც. მყარი ყდა.
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Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Jubilee Collection (Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani: Saiubileo krebuli).
Edited by L. Menabde.
Tbilisi: Tbilisi State University Publishing House, 1959.
255 pp. : 1 port. plate ; 24 cm. Edition of 2000 copies. Hardcover.

This 1959 jubilee collection, published by Tbilisi State University, is a profound scholarly tribute to Sulkhan-Saba Orbeliani, the titan of Georgian Enlightenment, diplomat, and lexicographer. The text provides a deep dive into the internal logic of Orbeliani’s multifaceted legacy, including the arrangement of critical essays on his seminal dictionary, his masterpiece "The Book of Wisdom and Lies," and his diplomatic mission to the court of Louis XIV. As a vital primary source, this volume documents the mid-20th-century academic reception of Saba’s work, featuring contributions from leading Georgian philologists and historians who analyzed his role in bridging Georgian and European cultures.  The collection is illustrated with a portrait plate and offers extensive commentary on the linguistic evolution of the Georgian language as codified by Orbeliani. Published in a limited run of 2000 copies during the 300th anniversary period of his birth, this academic edition is a significant bibliographical rarity for kartvelologists, historians of the Enlightenment, and collectors of Georgian scholarly imprints.