Critical History of Nicolas Flamel and His Wife Pernelle

I am not unaware that many of the things I have recorded, and which I shall record, may perhaps seem small and trivial to mention... Nevertheless, it will not be without use to look into those things, seemingly slight at first sight, from which... great movements of affairs often arise. original: "Pleraque eorum quæ retuli, quæque referam, parva forfitan & levia memoratu videri non nefcius ſum...... Non tamen ſine uſu fuerit, introſpicere illa primo aſpectu levia, ex quis... ſæpe rerum motus oriuntur."

Note to the Binder for placing the two Illustrations.

The Portrait of Flamel Nicolas Flamel (c. 1330–1418) was a French scribe and manuscript seller who posthumously became famous as a legendary alchemist. should be placed opposite the Frontispiece.
His House on the Rue de Montmorency Located at 51 rue de Montmorency in Paris, this house was built by Flamel in 1407 and is considered the oldest stone house in the city. page 155
There is a cancel original: "carton." In historical printing, a cancel is a leaf of paper intended to replace a page already printed, usually to correct an error. to be placed at page 37.