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.
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British Library
T120718
Re-issue of the 1756 edition with a different titlepage, and sigs.B. and L-T reprinted. Titlepage printed in red and black. With an unnumbered leaf of text descriptive of the plates inserted between pp.92-93, 116-117 and 120-121. The final two leaves c
London: printed for J. Rivington, L. Davis and C. Reymers, R. Baldwin [and 4 others in London], 1768. [18],92, [2],93-116, [2]117-120, [2],121-748[4]p., plates; 2°
