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Originally intended to form part of a projected treatise De affinitate linguarum et Hebraicae excellentia. Cf. Page 9, and Benfey, T. Geschichte der Sprachwissenschaft.Includes woodcut type specimens in Hebrew, Greek, Arabic, Armenian, Chaldean and other oriental languages.On verso of title page: Linguarum de quibus hic tractatur, nomina. De Hebraica. Chaldaica. Chaldaica recentiore, quam a transitu fluminis, vocant. Samaritana, quæ prisca Hebraica est. Arabica vel Punica, cuius integram grammaticam sub compendio habes. Indica. Græca. Georgiana. Tzeruiana. Hieronymiana vel Illyrica. Armenica. Latina.Final page blank.Signatures: A-H⁴ I⁶.Title printed in red and black; pictorial woodcut initials.Includes the Lord's Prayer in Hebrew, Syriac, Arabic, Greek and Armenian."Excudebat P. Vidouaeus Vernoliensis, typis ac characteribus suis mense Martio, anno a partu Virgineo. 1538. Ad calculu[m] Romanu[m]"--Colophon.Publication date from colophon.BrunetAdamsMode of access: Internet.Bound with: Guilielmi Postelli Baren. Doleriensis De originibus, seu, De Hebraicae linguae & gentis antiquitate, déque variarum linguarum affinitate, liber ... Prostant Parisiis :Binding: vellum; ink title (faded) on front board; signature on front free endpaper and ink inscription on title page