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The archaeologist Edward Dodwell (c.1776 1832) published this
two-volume work in 1819. Elected an honorary member of Berlin's
Royal Academy in 1816, Dodwell had been educated at Cambridge,
toured France and Germany, and lived in Rome and Naples. Writing
extensively on Greek antiquity, he made three tours of Greece,
where he produced hundreds of drawings, recording in particular the
Athenian Acropolis and the city walls of Argos. He also collected
coins and discovered or acquired many valuable artefacts, notably
bronzes and vases. Including reproductions of his accomplished
illustrations, Volume 1 covers his tours of 1801 and 1805, during
which he visited Corfu, Mount Parnassus, Thebes and Attica,
spending considerable time in Athens. His detailed account, mixing
travelogue with serious scholarship, remains of interest and
relevance to classical archaeologists.
The archaeologist Edward Dodwell (c.1776 1832) published this
two-volume work in 1819. Elected an honorary member of Berlin's
Royal Academy in 1816, Dodwell had been educated at Cambridge,
toured France and Germany, and lived in Rome and Naples. Writing
extensively on Greek antiquity, he made three tours of Greece,
where he produced hundreds of drawings, recording in particular the
Athenian Acropolis and the city walls of Argos. He also collected
coins and discovered or acquired many valuable artefacts, notably
bronzes and vases. Including reproductions of his accomplished
illustrations, Volume 2 covers the end of his tour of 1805 and the
whole of his final tour of 1806. Dodwell touches on the culture of
contemporary Greece, covering also the Echinos ruins, the pass of
Thermopylae, and the artefacts of Corinth. His detailed account,
mixing travelogue with serious scholarship, remains of interest and
relevance to classical archaeologists.
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.This collection
reveals the history of English common law and Empire law in a
vastly changing world of British expansion. Dominating the legal
field is the Commentaries of the Law of England by Sir William
Blackstone, which first appeared in 1765. Reference works such as
almanacs and catalogues continue to educate us by revealing the
day-to-day workings of society.++++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
LibraryT224207Half-title: 'Trial for adultery'.London: printed for
H. D. Symonds, 1789. 4],44p.; 8
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