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: ++++<sourceLibrary>Huntington Library<ESTCID>N000532<Notes>An adaptation, attributed to William Hatchett, of 'King Edward the Third, with the fall of Mortimer', a play variously attributed to William Mountfort and to John Bancroft.<imprintFull>London: printed for J. Millan, 1731. <collation> 4],63, 1]p.; 8

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.Western literary study flows out of eighteenth-century works by Alexander Pope, Daniel Defoe, Henry Fielding, Frances Burney, Denis Diderot, Johann Gottfried Herder, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, and others. Experience the birth of the modern novel, or compare the development of language using dictionaries and grammar discourses. ++++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 LibraryT130248Adapted by William Hatchett, who signs the dedication, from Du Halde's 'Description gographique, historique, Chronologique et physique de l'empire de la Chine'. Titlepage in red and black. Listed in the printer's ledger of Henry Woodfall the elder ('NoLondon: printed for Charles Corbett, 1741. vii, 1],75, 1]p.; 8

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General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1729 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Worrall at the Judge's Head Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Juvenile Fiction / Action

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1729 Original Publisher: Printed for T. Worrall at the Judge's Head Subjects: Voyages, Imaginary Fiction / Classics Fiction / Literary Juvenile Fiction / Action

Due to the very old age and scarcity of this book, many of the pages may be hard to read due to the blurring of the original text.

With A Moral Reflection Drawn From Each Quotation.