A Biographical Dictionary; Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers

Title: A Biographical Dictionary; Containing an Historical Account of all the Engravers, From the Earliest Period of the art of Engraving to the Present TimeAuthor: Strutt, JosephPublisher: Gale Ecco, Print EditionsBinding: HardcoverPages: 490Dimensions: 9.21h x 6.14w x 1.06dProduct Weight: 1.89 lbs.Language: EnglishISBN: 9781385572313The 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