The City And Country Builder's, And Workman's Treasury Of Designs: Or, The Art Of Drawing, And Working The Ornamental Parts Of Architecture. Illustrated, By Upwards Of Four Hundred Grand Designs

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 T011861 P.viii misnumbered p.vii, and plate CLXXXVI misnumbered CLXXXIV. With a list of subscribers. London: printed by J. Ilive, for Thomas Langley, 1740. vii[i.e.viii],24p., CLXXXIV[i.e.CLXXXVI]plates; 4?9781385561744

• • Author: Batty Langley
• • Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• • Publication Date: Apr 24, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 296 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1385561742
• • ISBN-13: 9781385561744