Publisher's Synopsis
The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the century of revolution, Gale initiated a revolution of its own: digitization of epic proportions to preserve these invaluable works in the largest archive of its kind. Now for the first time these high-quality digital copies of original 18th century manuscripts are available in print, making them highly accessible to libraries, undergraduate students, and independent scholars.The eighteenth-century fascination with Greek and Roman antiquity followed the systematic excavation of the ruins at Pompeii and Herculaneum in southern Italy; and after 1750 a neoclassical style dominated all artistic fields. The titles here trace developments in mostly English-language works on painting, sculpture, architecture, music, theater, and other disciplines. Instructional works on musical instruments, catalogs of art objects, comic operas, and more are also included. ++++The below data was compiled from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to insure edition identification: ++++British LibraryT071274Dedication signed: Horace Walpole. 'Advertisement in vol 4 is dated: October 1, 1780. Vol.3 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed in the year 1763." Vol.4 bears the imprint: "Strawberry-Hill: printed by Thomas Kirgate, 1771," and is numbered "Volume the fourth and last." A continuation was issued as 'A catalogue of engravers', 1763.[Twickenham]: Printed by Thomas Farmer at Strawberry-Hill, 1762-71 [i.e.1780]. 4v., plates: ports.; 4
