[camillomiller]

Is any book like that available for contemporary languages?

[mci]

Check out https://vivariumnovum.it/risorse-didattiche/propria-formazio... :)

[dpfu]

This is a awesome resource, thanks a lot! Some of these books are of course quite old. For example I would not recommend trying to learning contemporary German using this [1] book. Reading 'fraktur' alone can be rather challenging …

[1] [Worman, J. H.: Erstes Deutsches Buch, nach der Natürlichen Methode, für Schule und Haus, American Book Company, New York 1880](https://vivariumnovum.it/edizioni/libri/dominio-pubblico/Wor...)

[camillomiller]

Holy moly, you made a languages nerd's day

[wofo]

I learned Dutch using a similar approach (https://www.amazon.com/Delftse-Methode-Nederlands-voor-buite...)