The builder s director, or bench-mate: being a pocket-treasury of the Grecian, Roman, and Gothic orders of architecture, . Engraved on 184 copper plates. . By Batty Langley, . - Paperback

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.br /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. br /++++br /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:br /++++br /<sourceLibrary>British Librarybr /br /<ESTCID>T112393br /br /<Notes>br /br /<imprintFull>London : printed for and sold by H. Piers, 1751. <collation>xxivp.,184plates ; 8°