TO AUGUST FRIEDRICH WILHELM SACK, MINISTER OF THE WORD OF GOD, original: "V. D. M." (Verbi Divini Minister); a common title for Protestant clergy.

Court Chaplain to the most Powerful and Wise King of Prussia.

TO SIMON PELLOUTIER, MINISTER OF THE WORD OF GOD,

and Curator of the Royal Library.

Pelloutier was a historian and pastor of the French Reformed Church in Berlin.

TO JEAN HENRI SAMUEL FORMEY, MINISTER OF THE WORD OF GOD,

Professor of Philosophy, and Perpetual Secretary of the Royal Berlin

Society of Sciences.

Formey was a central figure in the Enlightenment, known for his vast correspondence and work with the Berlin Academy.

The Author

Gives, Devotes, and Dedicates

original: "D. D. D." (Dat, Dicat, Dedicat); a traditional Latin formula for a formal dedication.

this first Volume of his Minor Works.

An ornamental woodcut initial 'N' set within a decorative cartouche featuring scrolls and foliate motifs.

I do not have to look far for the reasons, most Excellent Men, which moved me to publicly dedicate this first part of my Minor Works original: "Opusculorum"; refers to shorter treatises or essays. to you.