| Supplement to The Antiquities of England and Wales. By Francis Grose ... of 2; Volume 1 Contributor(s): Grose, Francis (Author) |
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ISBN: 1385133724 ISBN-13: 9781385133729 Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions OUR PRICE: $33.20 Product Type: Hardcover Published: April 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General |
| Physical Information: 0.75" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (1.37 lbs) 318 pages |
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| Publisher Description: 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 Library T218189 Engraved titlepages. Vol. 1 dated 1777 in error for 1787, has no volume numbering, and its 'To the public' is dated: 13th Sept. 1787; while vol. 2 bears vol. numbering and is dated 1787. Intended to accompany various editions of 'The antiquities of England and Wales'; vol. 2 contains a general index "to the six volumes". Later reissued with renumbered engraved titlepages. London: printed for S. Hooper, 1777-87 1787]. 2v., plates: ill., maps; 2 |