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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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British Library
T050050
A combination of Moxon's translation of Vignda's 'Regola .. ' and A. Boyer's version of Claude Perrault's 'Abrege' des dix livres d'architecture .. ', 1674. Plates numbered I-XL of the Vignola are included in the pagination. The Vitruvius has 11 numbere
London: printed for J. Darby, A. Bettesworth; F. Clay; all in trust for Richard, James, and Bethel Wellington, 1729. [8],72, [7],16-98p., plates: ill.; 8°
