The Builder's Pocket-Treasure; Or, Palladio Delineated and Explained, Illustrated with New and Useful Designs of Frontispieces, Chimney-Pieces. a New ... of Eleven Copper Plates, and Explanations.

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 LibraryT118285The verso of the third leaf is numbered 1. Some plates are included in the pagination. Final plate is also numbered as page 92.London : printed for W. Owen, 1785. iv,[2],90p.,55plates ; 8°