Farewel Folly

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 LibraryT068215The second preliminary leaf is numbered 62 on the verso.- Pp.1, 52, 65, 66, 67-68, 69-70 misnumbered 2, 2, 59, 90, 57-58, 63-64 - CSmH report variant: second preliminary leaf unumbered of verso; pp. 52,65,68-69 correctly numbered.London : printed for James Round, 1707. [4],64,59-64[i.e.70]p. ; 4° 3