English Architecture: Or, The Publick Buildings Of London And Westminster. With Plans Of The Streets And Squares, Represe
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2021-01-02 22:57:16
English Architecture: Or, The Publick Buildings Of London And Westminster. With Plans Of The Streets And Squares, Represe
by See Notes Multiple Contributors
2021-01-02 22:57:16
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 revoluti...
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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. ++++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 LibraryT100080In two parts; the first part is a reissue of the 1756?] edition with additional plates, some dated: March 1772. The second part, 'A continuation of the history and survey of the cities of London and Westminster, .. ' has separate pagination and registerLondon: printed for T. Osborne, 1772]. 6],112, 4];148p., plates: map; 2
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