Title: A select collection of drawings from curious antique gems; most of them in the possession of the nobility and gentry of this kingdom. Etched after the
Author: Worlidge, T.
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 164
Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.44d
Product Weight: 0.9 lbs.
Language: French
ISBN: 9780274447923

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 LibraryT089215Consists of plates, with 48 pages of letterpress in French in vol. 1. Also published as 'Collection Choisie de desseins tir s de pierres precieuses antiques', Londres, 1768. Apparently the genuine 1768 edition (NUC). Catchword on p.1: tir s.London: printed by Dryden Leach, for M. Worlidge; and M. Wicksteed, Bath, 1768. 3v., plates: ports.; 4

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