The City and Country Builder's, and Workman's Treasury of Designs: Or, the Art of Drawing, and Working the Ornamental Parts of Architecture. Illustrat (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781171037309)

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 LibraryT011861P.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

Author: Batty Langley
ISBN-10: 1171037309
ISBN-13: 9781171037309
Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
Language: English
Published: 06/16/2010
Pages: 300
Format: Paperback
Weight: 1.19lbs
Size: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.63d