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: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)P000172Editor and principal engraver: John Walker. Title pages are engraved. Alternative titles vary slightly. Imprints undated; years of publication from monthly issues. Imprints vary slightly; "Harrison and Co." appears on v. 1 only. Each volume has introductory leaf. Descriptive text on recto is interleaved with engraved plate, numbered on facing page of text. Text leaves include issue number from which plate and text were cumulated, but are otherwise unnumbered. Later volumes have volume number on direction line of text pages. Plates include great houses and significant architectureal structures from various places in the British Isles. Each plate includes names of engraver and artist, but these are not indexed.London [England]: printed for Harrison and Co. Pater-Noster Row. & J[ohn]. Walker, engraver. No. 16. Rosomans Street. Clerkenwell, [1792-1802]. 5 v., 250 plates; obl. 2°