The Complete Drawing-book; Containing Many Curious Specimens, Under the Following Heads

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.
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British Library

T121866

Plate 1 is an engraved titlepage : 'Principles of design, by Le Clerc. Published 12th May 1794 by Laurie & Whittle', London. Probably a re-issue. The Le Clerc drawings are taken from his 'Divers desseins de figures', published in Paris in 1679. With a

London : printed for Robert Sayer, 1786[i.e.1794]. 8p.,100 plates ; 8