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 LibraryT223266With an initial leaf containing the royal licence and an errata slip. A reissue of the original edition of 1756, with cancel titlepage and new pp. [1]-24; the following pages as in the original edition as well as the dedication leaves.London: printed for Thomas Miller, in Bungay; and sold by B. White, J. Whiston, L. Davis, T. Davies, S. Hooper, T. Cadell. [sic] S. Leacroft [and 5 others], London, 1773. [2], v, [1],64p., plates; 4°