Miscellaneous Tracts Relating to Antiquity. By John Chapman, D.D. ... Now Carefully Revised, and Corrected With Additions, and Collected Into one Volume

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 LibraryT065444Containing: ’Primitive antiquity explained and indicated’; ’Remarks on a letter to Dr. Waterland’; ’Phlegon examined’; and ’Phlegon re-examined’. Each tract has a separate titlepage and register.London : printed for S. Birt, 1742. [6],104;[4],104,[2];[4],ii,87,[1];[2],96p. ; 8°