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 LibraryT155156The preliminaries and introductions in both volumes are in letterpress; the text is engraved. Vol. 2 includes 'The universal prayer, by Mr. Pope.', and is entitled 'The psalm-singer's divine companion.'. A reissue of the 2nd edition of 1750, with the edition statements and imprints covered by printed strips with revised edition statements and imprints.[London: printed for the author, and sold by him at his shop, Glasgow: by T. Longman, London: J. Eddowes in Salop: and by the booksellers in Great Britain and Ireland, 1762]. 2v.: ill., engr.music; Obl.4