Dr. Esperanto's International Language, commonly referred to as Unua Libro, is an 1887 book by Polish ophthalmologist L. L. Zamenhof, in which he first introduced and described the constructed language Esperanto. First published in Russian on July 26 [O.S. July 14] 1887, the publication of Unua Libro marks the formal beginning of the Esperanto movement.
Dr. Esperanto's International Language (1889 Geoghegan translation)
The original Russian publication of Unua Libro and the 1887 Polish, French, and German translations
L. L. Zamenhof was the creator of Esperanto, the most widely used constructed international auxiliary language.
Zamenhof, c. 1895
Birth register
Families Zamenhof and Alfred Michaux [fr] at the first Esperanto Congress, Boulogne 1905
Zamenhof, c. 1879