A guide to classical learning, or, Polymetis abridged : in three parts ... : being a work, necessary, not only for classical instruction, but for all those who wish to have a true taste for the beauties of poetry, sculpture and painting / by N. Tindal ...

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Spence, Joseph, 1699-1768.

Contributor:

Tindal, N. (Nicholas), 1687-1774.

Standardized Title:

Polymetis

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Ancient--Early works to 1800.

Art, Ancient.

Mythology, Classical--Early works to 1800.

Mythology, Classical.

Penn Provenance:

Forrest, Edwin, Estate of (donor)

Physical Description:

8 unnumbered pages, iv, 340 pages ; 17 cm (12mo)

Other Title:

Guide to classical learning.

Polymetis abridged.

Place of Publication:

London : Printed for J. Dodsley ..., and R. Horsfield ..., 1764.

Contents:

(from t.p.): I. The rise, growth, and decay of poetry, painting, and sculpture, among the Romans, with the characters of the Latin poets and their works, from Ennius down to Juvenal

II. The usefulness of antiques towards explaining the classics ; Remarks on our comentators and school- education, with a true idea of the allegories and machinery of the ancients, the want of which is the cause of the defects and mistakes in our modern authors and artists

III. A summary of Mr. Spence's Inquiry concerning the agreement between the works of the Roman poets, and the remais of the ancient artists.

Notes:

"The following sheets are a full though concise abridgment" of Joseph Spence's Polymetis -- cf. Introduction, p. [6] (first count).

Cited in:

ESTC T006261

OCLC:

228745042