Polygraphice, or The arts of drawing, engraving, etching, limning, painting, washing, varnishing, gilding, colouring, dying, beautifying and perfuming: in seven books ... to which also is added, I. The one hundred and twelve chemical arcanums of Petrus J

by William Salmon

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 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

T149640

The text and register are continuous. With an additional titlepage, engraved, and an errata leaf. Copy filmed at UMI microfilm Early English Books, Tract Supplement reel E3 a fragment with title page to vol. 2 only.

London : printed for A. and J. Churchill. And J. Nicholson, 1701. 2v. (36,224,301-939,[1]p.), XXIII plates : port. ; 8°

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First published May 28, 2010