The works in architecture of Robert and James Adam ... = Les ouvrages d'architecture de Robert et Jaques Adam ...

Author
Adam, Robert, 1728-1792 [Browse]
Format
Book
Language
  • English
  • French
Published/​Created
London : Printed for the authors and sold by Peter Elmsley, opposite Southampton Street in the Strand, and by the other booksellers in town and country, 1773-1786.
Description
2 volumes : chiefly illustrations (some color) ; 62 cm

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  • vol.1(pt.1-5)-vol.2(pt.1-5)

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    Notes
    • Frontispiece designed by Antonio Zucchi and etched by Francesco Bartolozzi; all other plates designed by Robert Adam and etched by 21 others: P. Begbie, Robert Blyth, James Caldwall, Domenico Cunego, Alexander Finnie, Malpas, Peter Maxell, Thomas Morris, Tobias Müller, James Newton, Norval, Benedetto Pastorini, Giovanni Battista Piranesi, John Record, John Roberts, Roe, Edward Rooker, Giovanni Vitalba, Thomas Vivarès, Charles White, Giuseppe Carlo Zucchi.
    • Text of plates and letterpress text all in English and French.
    • Each volume in 5 parts, each with special t.p., dated 1773-1786.
    • Imprint varies.
    • In 1822 a reissue of the work was published by Priestley and Weale with an added third volume.
    • Purchased in honor of John A. Pinto, Howard Crosby Butler Memorial Professor of the History of Architecture.
    • Purchase supported by funds from the Department of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University.
    Binding note
    SAX copy: In contemporary English tree-calf tooled in gold at border, corner fleurons in gold; spine compartments tooled in gold, red morocco spine labels titled in gold; gray-and-green marbled endpapers; each volume in its own plain white cloth slipcase with brown ribbon pull.
    Contents
    • Vol. I, no. 1. The seat of the duke of Northumberland, at Sion
    • no. 2. The villa of the earl of Mansfield, at Kenwood
    • no. 3. The seat of the earl of Bute, at Luton Park
    • no. 4. Public buildings
    • no. 5. Designs for the king and queen, and the princess dowager of Wales, &c.
    • Vol. II, no. 1. The house of the earl of Derby, in Grosvenor-Square
    • no. 2. The house of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, in St. James's-Square
    • no. 3. The house of the earl of Shelburne, in Berkeley-Square
    • no. 4. The seat of the duke of Northumberland, at Sion, continued
    • no. 5. Various designs of public and private buildings.
    References
    • ESTC T052730.
    • Harris, E. British architectural books and writers, 1556-1785, 5.
    • Katalog der Architektur- und Ornamentstichsammlung, Kunstbibliothek Berlin, 2341.
    Other title(s)
    • Ouvrages d'architecture de Robert et Jaques Adam, ecuyers
    • Ouvrages d'architecture de Robert et Jaques Adam.
    OCLC
    79933358
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