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 T076468 Preface signed: John Boydell. Comprises passages from Shakespeare illustrating the pictures in the Shakspeare Gallery. The contents leaf after p. xviii is dated 1791 and p. [125] begins: 1791. Text is continuous despite the pagination. London: printed by H. Baldwin; and sold at the place of exhibition, 1790 [1791]. [3], vi-xviii, [2],128, *121-*144, [1],128-143, [1]p.; 8 Degrees