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: ++++Huntington LibraryN033061The text by Ralph Beilby, amended by Thomas Bewick. A new setting of the text. On the titlepage: price 15s. in boards. Last page advertises fourth edition of 'A general history of quadrupeds'. Vol.2 was published in 1804.Newcastle: printed by Sol. Hodgson, for Beilby & Bewick: sold by them, and G. G. and J. Robinson, London, 1797 [1798]. xxx, [2],335, [1]p.: ill.; 8