<p>To my big surprise the relevant issue of <em>Sionsharfe</em> is now digitised and freely available from <em>Digitale Bibliothek München</em>. The first sketch of Volapük at this moment still named only <em>Weltsprache</em> or <em>Allsprache</em>, the word <em>Volapük</em> itself can be found a few month later, occurs <a href="http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0009/bsb00096281/images/index.html?id=00096281&amp;groesser=&amp;fip=yztsewqeayayztsqrsxdsydweayaqrs&amp;no=7&amp;seite=9" rel="nofollow noreferrer">in Nr. 35, Vol. IV (1879) Beilage</a> as a supplement.</p>

<p>What a fascinating document!</p>

<p>Following issues of <em>Sionsharfe</em> also contain shorter or longer fragments of Volapük, unfortunately the digisat ends with Nr 48 (1880), there are four more years missing. </p>

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<p>Johann Martin Schleyer published the first sketch of Volapük in 1879 in a rather obscure catholic newsletter named <em>Die Sionsharfe</em>. This newsletter isn't easily accessible, as far as I know. Is this first sketch available as a reprint in some more accessible work?</p>

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Is Schleyer's first sketch of Volapük available as a reprint?
# Is Schleyer's first sketch of Volapük available as a reprint?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2019-11-08)

Johann Martin Schleyer published the first sketch of Volapük in 1879 in a rather obscure catholic newsletter named *Die Sionsharfe*. This newsletter isn't easily accessible, as far as I know. Is this first sketch available as a reprint in some more accessible work?

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### Answer by username_0 on 2019-11-11. Score: 4 | Accepted answer

To my big surprise the relevant issue of *Sionsharfe* is now digitised and freely available from *Digitale Bibliothek München*. The first sketch of Volapük at this moment still named only *Weltsprache* or *Allsprache*, the word *Volapük* itself can be found a few month later, occurs [in Nr. 35, Vol. IV (1879) Beilage](http://daten.digitale-sammlungen.de/0009/bsb00096281/images/index.html?id=00096281&groesser=&fip=yztsewqeayayztsqrsxdsydweayaqrs&no=7&seite=9) as a supplement.

What a fascinating document!

Following issues of *Sionsharfe* also contain shorter or longer fragments of Volapük, unfortunately the digisat ends with Nr 48 (1880), there are four more years missing.


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