| A Description of Westminster Bridge. To Which are Added, an Account of the Methods Made use of in Laying the Foundations of its Piers. ... With an App Contributor(s): Labelye, Charles (Author) |
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ISBN: 1385812230 ISBN-13: 9781385812235 Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions OUR PRICE: $29.40 Product Type: Hardcover - Other Formats Published: April 2018 |
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| BISAC Categories: - Art | History - General - History | Modern - 18th Century |
| Physical Information: 0.31" H x 6.14" W x 9.21" (0.73 lbs) 108 pages |
| Themes: - Chronological Period - 18th Century |
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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 T164763 The plans "on two large copper plates" are referred to in the dedication as "annexed plans and elevation of one of the fronts of Westminster Bridge" but apparently were not published; a single large plate dated 1752 was published by the Ewings. Dublin: printed for G. and A. Ewing, 1751. 88p.; 8 |