The Builder's Chest-Book; Or, A Complete Key To The Five Orders In Architecture. The Second Edition, Much Improv'D. To Which Is Added, Geometrical ... The Use Of Mechanicks Concern'D In Buildings

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 T120750 'Geometrical rules' has a separate titlepage, pagination and register. With a final leaf of advertisements to 'the builder's chest-book'. The titlepages to both parts are cancels. London: printed for John Wilcox; and James Hodges, 1739. vi, vi,142, [2];xii,88p., plates; 12?9781385701911

• • Author: Batty Langley
• • Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• • Publication Date: Apr 25, 2018
• • Number of Pages: 270 pages
• • Language: English
• • Binding: Hardcover
• • ISBN-10: 1385701919
• • ISBN-13: 9781385701911