Originally posted by Daskalot
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As for the translation of the whole book, no, I couldn't find it anywhere, except maybe there are some older versions in Croatia I heard someone talk about once. I'll do try and one day find one. As for the original, I'm sure that some universities have copies of it no doubt.
TM, there is a very old Russian book in the town library's archive here that I had the pleasure of reading while I worked there for a brief period. It was from the early 18th century. I think there was a part about Macedonia there and about the origin of the Slavs, but I can't remember now. Maybe I could ask my former co-workers if I could transcribe some parts of the book, at least I could while worked there. The book was interesting to me because there the world history is categorized and explained in a very different way we know it today. For example the Roman Empire never fell (in the time of the author) because it was continued through the Frankish kingdom of Charlemagne and then the Holy Roman Empire and the Hapsburgs. The Ottomans are simply referred to as the Eastern Empire. The terminology used is very different than from what we are used today. Plus the whole book is written in a form of Q&A.
There are also some old books there, one which caught my eye was a textbook from the late 18th century written in Latin. It is a grammar of four languages: German, Greek (or Latin, don't remember exactly), Hungarian and Illyrian. Hm! I could read that Illyrian, yet I'm pretty sure I don't know Albanian. Oh, I wonder what it could be.
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