Materials

History of the Barbers.

And here, as not infrequently happens in philosophy during such an obscure investigation, nothing else was granted to me than to gather a miscellaneous collection, and with no small labor, from observations that suddenly presented themselves; but once these are collected, to open up deeper paths to the truth for others. original Latin: "Atque hic, uti philosophiae in tam obliterata investigatione non raro accidit, nihil aliud mihi datum, quam ut farraginem congerere, observationibusque quae subito se dabant, non absque labore, sed congestis uero, aliis altiores ad veritatem aditus recludere." This quote emphasizes the author's role as a compiler of raw data for future historians.

The term "Materials" (Materialien) suggests this is a source-book or a collection of primary documents rather than a finished narrative history.