File:L' Avarulo - Book Plate by Edwin Davis French.png

Page contents not supported in other languages.
This is a file from the Wikimedia Commons
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Original file ‎(1,662 × 1,935 pixels, file size: 5.96 MB, MIME type: image/png)

Description
English: The inscription, in Original 1880's Volapük, reads:

Menad bal pük bal. Se buks volapükik e vapükik Lönöl al Edwin Davis French 1893

Roughly translated into English this reads:

One mankind, one language. Out of books on Volapük and international language belonging to Edwin Davis French, 1893
Esperanto: La malnovaj Schleyer Volapuko legas:

Menad bal pük bal. Se buks volapükik e vapükik Lönöl al Edwin Davis French 1893

Proksimuma esperanta traduko estas:

Unu homaro, unu lingvo. El libroj pri Volapuko kaj internacia lingvo apartenanta de Edwin Davis French, 1893
Volapük: [Vapükik Rigik] Se buks volapükik e vapükik Lönöl al Edwin Davis French 1893
Date
Source L' Avarulo, 1st edition, 1904. The Esperanto translation of Molière's French language play L'Avare (The Mizer) translated into Esperanto by Samuel Meyer. The plate is on the inside front cover.
Author
Edwin Davis French  (1851–1906)  wikidata:Q4968276
 
Edwin Davis French
Description American Esperantist, engraver and copper engraver
Date of birth/death 19 June 1851 Edit this at Wikidata 18 December 1906 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death North Attleborough New York City
Work period 1869–1906
Work location
New York City Edit this at Wikidata
Authority file
creator QS:P170,Q4968276
Permission
(Reusing this file)
Public domain
This work is in the public domain in the United States because it was published (or registered with the U.S. Copyright Office) before January 1, 1929.
Public domain works must be out of copyright in both the United States and in the source country of the work in order to be hosted on the Commons. If the work is not a U.S. work, the file must have an additional copyright tag indicating the copyright status in the source country.
Note: This tag should not be used for sound recordings.PD-1923Public domain in the United States//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:L%27_Avarulo_-_Book_Plate_by_Edwin_Davis_French.png

Captions

Add a one-line explanation of what this file represents

Items portrayed in this file

depicts

File history

Click on a date/time to view the file as it appeared at that time.

Date/TimeThumbnailDimensionsUserComment
current14:56, 14 December 2014Thumbnail for version as of 14:56, 14 December 20141,662 × 1,935 (5.96 MB)Wikijeff{{Information |Description ={{en|1=The inscription, in Original 1880's Volapük reads: ''Menad bal pük bal. Se buks volapükik e vapükik Lönöl al Edwin Davis French 1893'' Roughly translated into English this reads: One mankind, one language....
The following pages on the English Wikipedia use this file (pages on other projects are not listed):

Metadata

This file contains additional information, probably added from the digital camera or scanner used to create or digitize it.

If the file has been modified from its original state, some details may not fully reflect the modified file.

Retrieved from "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:L%27_Avarulo_-_Book_Plate_by_Edwin_Davis_French.png"