The Dance of Death, from the Original Designs of Hans Holbein, Illustrated with Fifty-Two Wood Cuts, Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick

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The Dance of Death, from the Original Designs of Hans Holbein, Illustrated with Fifty-Two Wood Cuts, Engraved by Thomas and John Bewick Details

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: ++++Cambridge University LibraryN030049Newcastle: printed for William Charnley, 1789. [2], xxviii,51, [1]p., plate: ill.; 12°