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 LibraryT112528The preface signed: Tho. Lupton. First published in 1579 as 'A thousand notable things, of sundry sortes'. Pp. 275-276 misnumbered 263-264 respectively. The last five leaves contain an alphabetical table and a final page of advertisements. The prefaceLondon: printed for G. Conyers, at the Golden Ring in Little Britain, 1706?]. 2],264 i. e.276], 10]p.: ill.; 12 | A Thousand Notable Things. Containing Modern Curiosities. Monthly Observations In Gardening Planting And Grafting. To Catch Birds Fish