Versuch einer Geschichte der Cultur des menschlichen Geschlechts. Von dem Verfasser des Begriffs menschlicher Fertigkeiten und Kenntnisse. Leipzig: Christian Gottlieb Hertel, 1782.

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First edition by the grammarian and philologist Johann Christoph Adelung (1732-1806). 'The writings of Adelung are very voluminous, and there is not one of them, perhaps, which does not exhibit some proofs of the genius, industry and erudition of the author. By means of his excellent grammars, dictionary and various works on German style, he contributed greatly towards rectifying the orthography, refining the idiom and fixing the standard of his native tongue. His German dictionary - Grammatisch-kritisches Worterbuch der hochdeutschen Mundart (1774 1786) - bears witness to the patient spirit of investigation which Adelung possessed in so remarkable a degree, and to his intimate knowledge of the history of the different dialects on which modern German is based. No man before Jakob Grimm did so much for the language of Germany' (Encyclopaedia Britannica, 1911). PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION: 8vo, [xxiv], 472 pp., early 19th-century half leather, sunned spine ruled gilt with shadow where a shelf ticket once was, another ticket on front board, rubbed, two stamps on title-page, occasional light foxing and spotting, a sound copy. N° de ref. del artículo ABE-1638094458879

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