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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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Bodleian Library (Oxford)
T170965
An alteration of Thomas Hull's adaptation and translation of Antonio Maria Lucchini's libretto for the opera 'Farnace' first performed in Bologna in 1731; Hull's adaptation was called 'The revenge of Athridates'. The libretto only.
Dublin: printed by and for Messrs. Adams and Ryder; and sold by P. Wilson, H. Saunders, at the Printing-Office, in Cope-street, and at the doors of the Theatre, in Crow-street, 1766. [4],48p.; 8°