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Wit and Mirth: Or Pills to Purge Melancholy; Being a Choice Collection of the Best Merry Ballads, ... Being Carefully Corrected by Mr
Contributor(s): Playford, Henry (Author)
ISBN: 1170795005     ISBN-13: 9781170795002
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
OUR PRICE:   $29.48  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: June 2010
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BISAC Categories:
- Art | History - General
Physical Information: 0.72" H x 9.68" W x 7.44" (1.36 lbs) 346 pages
 
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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: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)T179642Compiled by Henry Playford.London: printed by William Pearson, and sold by John Young, musical-instrument seller, 1707. v.4( 12],326p.): music; 12