The carpenter's and joiner's repository

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 LibraryT096014Plates numbered to 61 but are complete. Plates dated 1777 and 1778. With a final leaf of advertisements. Horizontal chain lines.London: printed for the author; and sold by I. Taylor 1778. [30]p. plates; 2