Rare 1980 Soviet Georgian Book: Toponymy of Ertso-Tianeti – Guram Bedoshvili | Tsar to Soviet Books

Rare 1980 Soviet Caucasian Monograph: "Toponymy of Ertso-Tianeti" by Guram Bedoshvili

Product Overview

For academic research facilities, linguists, and dedicated collectors of Caucasica, this 1980 original Soviet hardcover provides rare, specialized source material on the onomastics of Eastern Georgia. Published by the Institute of Linguistics at the Academy of Sciences of the Georgian SSR (საქართველოს სსრ მეცნიერებათა აკადემია / ენათმეცნიერების ინსტიტუტი), Toponymy of Ertso-Tianeti (ერწო-თიანეთის ტოპონიმიკა) is an elite dialectal analysis compiled by noted philologist Guram Bedoshvili.

Given its highly targeted academic audience, this title received a small institutional distribution run of only 2,000 copies, making surviving clean examples highly prized on the secondary market.

Linguistic & Historical Mapping of the Caucasus

Bedoshvili's research systematically unpacks the geographic terminology and micro-toponyms unique to the alpine valleys of Ertso-Tianeti. Key highlights of the monograph include:

• Historical Etymologies: Comparative analysis tracking place names back to early Georgian records, chronicles, and the classic geography texts of Vakhushti Bagrationi.

• Toponymic Glossary: Features an integrated reference index listing approximately 2,000 micro-names, helping researchers parse systemic phonetic variations across mountain dialects.

• Dual-Language Accessibility: Written with main analyses and glossary tables in Georgian, supplemented by a comprehensive structural summary in Russian ("Топонимия Эрцо-Тианети: Резюме") for broader regional utility.

Complete Bibliographic Specifications

• Author: Guram Vasilievich Bedoshvili (ბედოშვილი გურამ / Бедошвили Г. В.)

• Editor-in-Chief: Professor A. Kiziria (პროფ. ა. კიზირია)

• Publisher: "Metsniereba" Publishing House (გამომცემლობა „მეცნიერება“)

• Publication Date: 1980 (Tbilisi, Georgia, USSR)

• Language: Georgian (Main body) & Russian (Detailed analytical summary)

• Binding: Original publisher's blue-grey grain-textured cloth boards

• Print Run / Circulation: 2,000 copies (Soviet Тираж)

• Classification: Caucasian Languages / Dialectology / Historical Toponymy

Condition Report & Preservation Details

• Exterior: Rigid, square boards with minimal shelf or handling wear. The corners and spine extremities are exceptionally well-preserved.

• Interior Structural Integrity: Binding remains firm with pristine hinges. The book holds its original shape perfectly.

• Paper Condition: Clean text block throughout. Pages show premium preservation with a very minimal, faint patina. Free from marginal notation, highlighting, previous ownership inscriptions, or library defacement.