TRANSCRIBER’S NOTE

  1. Several tables with more columns than rows were rotated 90° left so they would fit portrait format.
  2. All items in the [ERRATA] were corrected in the text.
  3. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling.
  4. Retained anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings as printed.
  5. Footnotes have been re-indexed using numbers and collected together at the end of the last chapter.
  6. The cover image was created by the transcriber and is placed in the public domain.