The theory and practice of architecture or Vitruvius and Vignola abridg d. The first, by the famous Mr. Perrault, . carfully done into English. And the other by Joseph Moxon and now accurately publish d the fifth time. - 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>T050049br /br /<Notes>A combination of Moxon's translation of Vignola's 'Regola .. ', and A Boyer's version of Claude Perrault's 'Abrege' des dix livres d'architecture .. ', 1674. Plates numbered I-XXXII of the Vignola are included in the pagination. The Vitruvius has 11 numbr /br /<imprintFull>London : printed for R. Wellington, 1703. <collation>[8],72,[7],16-80p.,plates : ill. ; 8°