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 ...
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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.Delve into what it was like to live during the eighteenth century by reading the first-hand accounts of everyday people, including city dwellers and farmers, businessmen and bankers, artisans and merchants, artists and their patrons, politicians and their constituents. Original texts make the American, French, and Industrial revolutions vividly contemporary.++++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: ++++Bodleian Library (Oxford)T152296Each treatise has a separate titlepage bearing the imprint: 'Edinburgh, printed by Adam Neill and Company, 1797'.Edinburgh: printed for Bell & Bradfute; and for G. G. & J. Robinson, and J. Johnson, London, 1797. 263, [1]p., IV, VIII, VIIIplates; 4
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Publisher:
Leslie B. Adams Jr. -The Classics of Opthalmology Library.
Published:
1987
Language:
English
Alibris ID:
10949485475
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Special edition privately printed for members of the The Classics of Opthalmology Library. Prepared from the 1797 first edition. Beautifully bound full bright red leather stamped in bright gilt. 4to. 11 1/4" x 9". 5 raised bands on spine. Silk red ribbon marker. Marbled endpages. Bright gilt endpages. 258 pages on heavy paper. Many illustrations including several that fold-out. "Illustrated by Tables." Like new condition.