Title: Collection choisie de desseins tirés de pierres precieuses antiques, pour la pluspart dans la possession de la grande et petite noblesse de ce royaume
Author: Worlidge, T.
Publisher: Wentworth Press
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 96
Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.25d
Product Weight: 0.69 lbs.
Language: French
ISBN: 9780274417353

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 LibraryT127405With a list of subscribers. Also published, with the text in French, as 'A select collection of drawings from curious antique gems', London, 1768.Londres: imprim par Dryden Leach, pour M. Worlidge, et J. Wicksteed, Bath, 1768. 2v., plates: ports.; 2

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