A Vindication of Stone-Heng Restored: In Which the Orders and Rules of Architecture Observed by the Ancient Romans, Are Discussed. Together with the Customs and Manners of Other Nations

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: ++++British LibraryT050835Issued as part of a collection entitled 'The most notable antiquity of Great Britain, vulgarly called Stone-Heng, .. To which are added, The Chorea Gigantum, .. by Doctor Charleton; and Mr. Webb's Vindication of Stone-Heng restored, .. ', 1725. Printer sLondon: printed by James Bettenham?] for G. Conyers, J. and B. Sprint, B. Lintot, D. Browne junior, J. Woodman and D. Lyon, 1725. 6],228p., plate: ill.; 2