Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting, now Remaining in This Kingdom,

Title: Specimens of the Ancient Sculpture and Painting, now Remaining in This Kingdom, From the Earliest Period to the Reign of Henry ye VIII, Consisting ofAuthor: Carter, JohnPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print EditionsBinding: HardcoverPages: 314Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 0.75dProduct Weight: 1.36 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781385913666The 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 th