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Excerpt from Scripturae Linguaeque Phoeniciae Monumenta Quotquot Supersunt, Vol. 1: Edita Et Inedita Ad Autographorum Optimorumque Exemplorum Fidem Edidit Additisque De Scriptura Et Lingua Phoenicum Commentariis; Duos Priores De Litteris Et Inscriptionibus Phoeniciis Libros Continens
Maxime ipsa signa studia nostra excitant, quae sie primum inventa oinn1 omnium gentium litteraturae originem dedisse constat. Quo factum est ut, qnum primi Barthelemyus et Swinton l1uius scripturae ratione's inda gare co�pissent, certatim aiii nova monumenta conquirerent, alii conquisita interpretarentur. Quanquam hac interpretantium opera, si paucos (in his Bayerum, Akerbladium) excipias, tam parum ista studia, incrementi ceperunt, ut..haud raro iudicil.inf�rmitate dicam an perversitate, quu'm praesertim certa principia deessent, infra Barthelemyum relaberentur. Quore si 'sv'vinto�is interpretationes ineptas, Pellerinii et Dutehsii vag'as. C'oniecturas consideres, ut Fourmontii nugas' taceam, non est prbfecto quod omne hoc studiorum periculorumque Phoenic'iorum genus ab. Eckhelio, elegantissimo rerum antiquarum existimatore, nomine appellatum et.tantum non sannis excem adeoque ea, quae' Barthelemyo verissimo observata erant, iniquius indicata esse: nec magis profec, to severo' sed subtilissimo' illi. Censori probata fuissent, quae nuper nin 'explicandis inscfiptionibus Numidicis, in lucein efiit�a sunt interpretationum mon'stra, in quibus nescias'utrummagis. M'ire1is insolentem 'idiomatis ex omnibus dia1ectoru-m *latebris oonquisiti formam an orationem contortam argumentumque inept�m monumento. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
