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 Library T137303 With a final errata leaf. An abridgment in English of vol.3 of the 'Museo pictorico y escala optica'. London: printed for Sam. Harding, 1739. viii,175, [3]p.; 8°

Excerpt from An Account of the Lives and Works of the Most Eminent Spanish Painters, Sculptors and Architects; And Where Their Several Performances Are to Be Seen: Translated From the Musæum Pictorium of Palomino Velasco N. B. The Reader is defired to excufe the Spam}: \names being put with gfl infiead of an 72 with a Stroke over the Top of it, which in the Spamfi Tongue is pronouncedlike a go, as Jin the Naines Nigna and Noguez, &c. The Printer having no fuch Type. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.

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