Transcriber’s Notes
Minor typographical errors have been corrected in the text that follows. Old-fashioned spelling has been left unchanged.
For a complete list of corrections, other changes, and notes, please see the [end of this document.]
The picture opposite the title-page is a reprint of a page from the volume of plates, made in 1771, to illustrate Diderot’s Encyclopædia. This page is one of six, each 8×12 ins. in the original, illustrating the article in the encyclopædia on binding.