Obvious typographical errors have been silently corrected and
inconsistencies of hyphenation have been removed. All other variations
in spelling, punctuation and accents are unchanged from the original.
The following corrections have been made to the Index.
Rembrandt von changed to Rembrandt van Rijn
Pousin, Nicola changed to Poussin, Nicolas
Zorilla, Ruiz changed to Zorrilla, Ruiz
Repetition of chapter titles on consecutive pages has been removed.
Italics are indicated thus _italic_.
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