Primer with Various Instructions

Primer with Various Instructions
Title page of the first edition
AuthorPetar Beron
Original titleБуквар с различни поучения
LanguageBulgarian
SubjectLanguage, fables and religious tales, natural sciences
Genreencyclopedia
Publication date
1824
Publication placeAustrian Empire
Media typebook
Pages140

Primer with Various Instructions (Bulgarian: Буквар с различни поучения, original spelling: БȢква̀рь съ разлѝчны поȢчѐніѧ, Bukvar s razlichni poucheniya), better known as the Fish Primer (Bulgarian: Рибен буквар, Riben bukvar), was a Bulgarian schoolbook, the first primer (and first book) printed in modern Bulgarian.[1] It is considered by an author to be the first Bulgarian encyclopedia.[2]

The book was written and published by Petar Beron in 1824. It is one of the most significant secular works of the Bulgarian National Revival. It was the first secular publication in modern Bulgaria.[3]

  1. ^ Andreychin, Lyubomir (1986). Из историята на нашето езиково строителство [On the History of Our Language Building]. Sofia: Narodna Prosveta.
  2. ^ Todorov, Nikolai (1968). Bulgaria: historical and geographical outline. Sofia. p. 263.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
  3. ^ Clarke, James F.; Hupchick, Dennis P. (1988). The Pen and the Sword: Studies in Bulgarian history. East European Monographs. p. 290. ISBN 0880331496.