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[Etchings by Cary Creed, With Accompanying Captions, of the Antique Marbles in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House.]
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[Etchings by Cary Creed, With Accompanying Captions, of the Antique Marbles in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House.]
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[Etchings by Cary Creed, With Accompanying Captions, of the Antique Marbles in the Collection of the Earl of Pembroke at Wilton House.]
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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 LibraryT145384Engraved throughout. With an introductory leaf beginning: "The marble antiquities of the Right Honble. the Earl of Pembrokes at Wilton .. " . Imprint from introductory leaf.[London]: They may be had of me Cary Creed at the Tarr between Cecil and Salisbury Streets, and Mr. Prevost the book-seller near it, [1730?]. 1 leaf,40 plates; 4°