{"product_id":"hopes-new-method-of-fencing-or-the-true-and-solid-art-of-fighting-with-the-back-sword-sheering-sword-small-sword-and-sword-and-pistol-freed-f-9781170596098","title":"Hope's New Method of Fencing: Or, the True and Solid Art of Fighting with the Back-Sword, Sheering-Sword, Small-Sword, and Sword and Pistol; Freed f","description":"\u003cbr\u003e 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.\u003cbr\u003eThe 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. \u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eThe 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: \u003cbr\u003e++++\u003cbr\u003eBritish Library\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eT071748\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWith a final errata leaf. A reissue, with new titlepage, of the sheets of 'A new, short, and easy method of fencing', 1707.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdinburgh: printed by James Watson. Sold by Geo. Strahan, 1714. xv,  1],288,  2]p., plates; 4 \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Gale Ecco, Print Editions","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50873201983762,"sku":"9781170596098","price":28.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_97192269-ec2e-4a91-bb51-d51671f75180.jpg?v=1737923640","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/hopes-new-method-of-fencing-or-the-true-and-solid-art-of-fighting-with-the-back-sword-sheering-sword-small-sword-and-sword-and-pistol-freed-f-9781170596098","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}