A Specimen of Ancient Carpentry, Consisting of Variety of Designs for Roofs, to Which Are Added Designs of Frontispieces to Doors, Gateways, Other Useful Decorations Never Before Published by Jones

Colonel James (Indiana University South Bend USA) Smith

ISBN 10: 1171371853 / ISBN 13: 9781171371854

Published by Gale Ecco, Print Editions Jul 2010, 2010

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: A Specimen of Ancient Carpentry, Consisting of Variety of Designs for Roofs, to Which Are Added Designs of Frontispieces to Doors, Gateways, Other Useful Decorations Never Before Published by Jones
• Publisher: Gale Ecco, Print Editions Jul 2010
• Publication Date: 2010
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1171371853
• ISBN 13: 9781171371854
• Binding: Taschenbuch
• Condition: Neu
• Dimensions: 246W x 189H x 4D millimeters 246 millimeters width by 189 millimeters height by 4 millimeters depth
• Weight: 163 grams

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Synopsis

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.
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British Library

T097863

Engraved throughout.

London: printed for the authar [sic], & sold at his house, 1736. [5],40, [3],26 plates; 4°

About the Author

James Smith is Lecturer in English Literature at Durham University. Author of a critical study on the work of Terry Eagleton (2008), he has published widely in journals such as New Theatre Quarterly and Literature and History. He received his PhD from Cambridge in 2007.