Transcriber’s Note:

Footnotes have been collected at the end of each chapter, and arelinked for ease of reference.

Minor errors, attributable to the printer, have been corrected. Pleasesee the transcriber’s note at the end of this textfor details regarding the handling of any textual issues encounteredduring its preparation.

Any corrections are indicated using an underlinehighlight. Placing the cursor over the correction will produce theoriginal text in a small popup.

The first set of images below are used as a background for each setof pages throughout the volume. This was not feasible in this format.The second set served as background on the title page and its facingpage.

Any corrections are indicated as hyperlinks, which will navigate thereader to the corresponding entry in the corrections table in thenote at the end of the text.