The Mirror Of Architecture: Or The Ground-Rules Of The Art Of Building. Exactly Laid Down By Vincent Scamozzi, ... Whereby The Principal Points Of Architecture Are Easily And Plainly Demonstrated

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 T120678 The frontispiece includes: "With very large additions by other hands". Pp.17-39 contain "The description and use of an ordinary joynt-rule" by John Brown. The preface signed: R. M. London: printed for J. and B. Sprint, 1721. [8],111, [1]p., plates: ill., port.; 4?9781385582961 1385582960 176 NOT_MATURE http://books.google.com/books/content?id=33UszwEACAAJ&printsec=frontcover&img=1&zoom=5&source=gbs_api en

• • Author: Vincenzo Scamozzi
• • Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• • Publication Date: Apr 24, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 176 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1385582960
• • ISBN-13: 9781385582961