Transcriber’s Notes
Punctuation, hyphenation, and spelling were made consistent when a predominant preference was found in the original book; otherwise they were not changed.
Simple typographical errors were corrected; unbalanced quotation marks were remedied when the change was obvious, and otherwise left unbalanced.
The index was not fully checked for proper alphabetization or correct page references.
In the [List of Woodcuts], the reference to the illustration on page [94] was added by the Transcriber.
Page [19]: “ř” represents an “r” with a tilde “~”; “š” represents an “s” with a tilde “~”.
Pages [19] and [96]: Letters preceded by “^” are superscripts.
Pages [36], [37], [38]: the illustrations on these pages are multi-part symbols. In the original book, they were printed in-line with the surrounding text, but in this eBook, they are shown on lines of their own.
Page [110]: “Isotta da Ramini, in her portrait by Pietro della Francesca” was printed that way, as was “Cappaccio”.