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: PaperbackPages: 318Dimensions: 9.69h x 7.44w x 0.67dProduct Weight: 1.26 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781170860434 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 t