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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.
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Library of Congress
W005290
Without the music (by Arne). Title vignette, signed: Smith sculp. Error in paging: p. 78-80 misnumbered 77-79. "The king and the priest: being an attempt to introduce upon the stage, a new species of pantomime."--p. [27]-35; "Poems and essays on several occasions. By the same author."--p. 37-90; "The husband, wife, and the doctor. A matrimonial history. From the French of Monsieur de St. Evremont."--p. [91]-108. Bookseller's catalogue, p. [109-112].
Philadelphia: Printed and sold by Robert Bell, in Third-Street, MDCCLXXVII. [1777]. 108, [4] p.; 8°
