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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 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.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++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: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)P006363Issues lack imprint; place of publication and publisher's name from title page of collected issues. Year of publication from dates of issues. Illustrated with portraits of the royal family and their circle. With continuous pagination and signatures from issue to issue within each six month period. Extensive political coverage of both Britain and Ireland; issues include lists of Irish pensions and Irish absentee landlords, some issues include letters from "Junius," with other correspondence on political topics. Some issues include theatrical news and reviews, portraits of actors; each issue includes, "Principal events and occurrences of the month." Description based on: April 1770; title from caption. London, England: J. Miller], v., plates: ports.; 21 cm (8)
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