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.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++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: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)T183967Calvinus Minor = Archibald Bruce. With a half-title.Edinburgh: printed for the author. Sold by A. Donaldson, C. Elliot, and W. Gray, Edinburgh; Dunlop and Wilson, J. Duncan, and J. Bryce, Glasgow and 4 in London, 1 in Aberdeen], 1780. xv, 1],463, 1]p.; 8

Title: Report on the statements of the Lord Provost i.e. K. Mackenzie] and Mr. A. Bruce, respecting the affairs of the city of Edinburgh, ... submitted to the Committee of the Guildry ... with an appendix, containing abstracts of the city's income and expenditure, for 12 years preceding Martinmas 1818, etc. With MS. note by Lord H. Cockburn.]Publisher: British Library, Historical Print EditionsThe British Library is the national library of the United Kingdom. It is one of the world's largest research libraries holding over 150 million items in all known languages and formats: books, journals, newspapers, sound recordings, patents, maps, stamps, prints and much more. Its collections include around 14 million books, along with substantial additional collections of manuscripts and historical items dating back as far as 300 BC.The GENERAL HISTORICAL collection includes books from the British Library digitised by Microsoft. This varied collection includes material that gives readers a 19th century view of the world. Topics include health, education, economics, agriculture, environment, technology, culture, politics, labour and industry, mining, penal policy, and social order. ++++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 Library Greig, John; Bruce, Archibald; Mackenzie, Kincaid; 1819. 8 . 10370.c.12.