Author: ISAAC. BICKERSTAFF

Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions

Published: 2018-04-23

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 9781385323762

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) N000424 Adapted by Isaac Bickerstaffe, from G.F. Poullain de Saint-Foix' 'L'Oracle'. With an engraved title-page and a final advertisement leaf. London: printed for W. Nicoll, T. Carnan & F. Newbery Junr., & T. Becket, 1778. 30, [2]p., plate; 8°