CONTENTS 
Map 9
Preface .. 10 
Editorial comments .... ...12 
Renaissance and Early Baroque (1550-1650) . 13 
Baroque (1650-1730) .. 32 
Intermezzo I .. 63 
Late Baroque, Rococo, and Early Classicism (1730-1800) .. 75 
Intermezzo II .. 122 
The Nineteenth Century ... 135 
Intermezzo III .. 228 
The Twentieth Century ...236 
Literature ..... ...276 
Illustrations .. 285 
Translators .. 288 
Index ....289