Polygraphy or Short-Hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity: Being an Universal Character Fitted to All Languages: . Invented by Aulay Macaulay.

Macaulay, Aulay

ISBN 10: 114065294X / ISBN 13: 9781140652946

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions, 2010

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• Title: Polygraphy or Short-Hand Made Easy to the Meanest Capacity: Being an Universal Character Fitted to All Languages: . Invented by Aulay Macaulay.
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 114065294X
• ISBN 13: 9781140652946
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: New

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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 LibraryT106790Engraved throughout. Each copy was signed by Aulay Macaulay.London: printed for the author, and sold by him in the Square Manchester: also sold by T. Osborne; A. Millar; R. Hett; E. Comyns; I. Hinton [and 3 others in London], 1747. [2], VIII,119, [1]p., plate; 12