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Mithridaies : odtr Mlgemclne Sprac/wnlamde, mit dem 

 " Vater-Unser," a/s Sprach-prohe, in heynake f'inif huu- 

 dcrt Sprachim undMund-arten, lo;? JohannCiikistopher 

 Adelung. — '■•' Milliridates : or Genera] Principles of Lan- 

 guages, with the I>ord's Prayer as an Example, in nearK' 

 500 Languages or Dialects, by John Christopher 

 Adelung, Aulic Cuunsellor and Chief Librarian to the 

 Elector of Sa^conV, with this Motto : 



" Alius alio plus invenire puicsf, nemo omnia." — Ausonius. 



Part L Berlin ]b'06. 6S6 pages, exclusive of the Synoptical 

 Table, the Preface, the Introduction, and the Alphabetical 

 Table. 



The learned and philosophical author of Mithridates is 

 now no more, having finished a long laborious life, at the 

 age of 75, about a year ago. He was one of the most in- 

 defatigable scholars in Germany, a country already so fertile 

 in this class of men ; he excelled in graiiiniatical learning, 

 and was distinguished in several other branches of science. 

 Besides the excellent dictionary of his native language, which 

 is as much celebrated in Germany as that of Dr. Johnson ; 

 besides his learned and judicious works upon German phi- 

 lology, Adelung has published numerous and valuable 

 writings, both upon civil and literary history, as upon ra- 

 tional philoso])hy, plivsics', chemistry, and finally upon 

 diplomacy. See the " Teutchland Gelehrle" of Hambcrger 

 and Meusel, article Adtdung*. 



Mithridates, a posthumous work, and the fruit of fifteen 

 years of assiduous labour, will furnish general notions upon all 

 the languages, and the texts of each are carefully explained. 

 The author lias only been able to finish what concerns the 

 languaces of Asia and tho^c of Europe. Tliis first part. com- 

 prehends the languages of Asia to the number of 159. 



'I"he second part is preparing for the press, and will cm- 

 brace all the languages of Europe. It is only by taking it 

 tor granted that the work will be continued and compleled, 

 that wc may flatter ourselves with possessing in thi> book 

 every thing M'hich ihc title promises, namely, (general ideas 



upon 



