Transcriber's Note: Italic text is denoted by _underscores_ and bold text by =equal signs= around the text. Small capitals in the printed works have been transcribed as ALL CAPITALS. 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.…
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