Transcriber's Notes
Reading edition
Obvious punctuation and spelling errors repaired.
Page numbers for blank pages, pages consisting entirely of illustration, are not visible.
The color plates aren't shown, just side notes with links to the plate explanations. These contain a link to the actual plate.
Inconsistent hyphenation has been repaired.
The oe and ae ligatures in the text has been left as it appears in the original book. If they do not display properly, you may have an incompatible browser or unavailable fonts. Make sure that the browser's "character set" or "file encoding" is set to Unicode (UTF-8). You may also need to change your browser's default font.
The remaining corrections made are indicated by lines under the corrections. Scroll the mouse over the word and the original text will be displayed.
In ambiguous cases, the text has been left as it appears in the original book.
Front cover
