The British Architect: Or, the Builder's Treasury of Stair-Cases. ... by Abraham Swan, ...

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 LibraryT102000In some copies the names of Meadows and Hitch and Hawes have been erased and replaced in ink with Mr. Brotherton and Mr. Buckland.London : printed for and sold by the author; by Mr. Meadows; Messrs Hitch and Hawes; and H. Piers and Partner, 1758. viii,16,[10]p.,plates : ill. ; 2°