The Quaker s Opera. As it is Perform d at Lee s and Harper s Great Theatrical Booth in Bartholomew-Fair. With the Musick (Hardcover)

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 Library T064225 Anonymous. By Thomas Walker. London: printed for J. W: and sold by J. Roberts; A. Dodd; and E. Nutt and E. Smith 1728. [6] 49 [1]p.: ill. music; 8°