The works in architecture of the late Robert and James Adam, Esqs. complete in three volumes : containing plans, elevations, sections and detail, of the principal buildings, public and private, erected in Great Britain in the reign of George the third : with designs of every kind, both for interior and exterior decoration : one hundred and twenty-five plates / engraved by Baptalozzi, Piranesi, Zucchi, Pastorini, Cunego, &c. &c.

Main entry:

Adam, Robert, 1728-1792.

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Publication:

London : Priestley and Weale, 1822.

Description:

3 volumes

Notes:
Title-page and tables of contents repeated in French.
Half-titles list contents of each volume as follows: ... Volume I. Containing the five following numbers, viz. I. The seat of the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion. II. The villa of Earl Mansfield, at Kenwood. III. The seat of the Earl of Bute, at Luton Park. IV. Public buildings. V. Designs for the King and Queen, and the Princess dowager of Wales &c. ... Volume II. Containing the five following numbers, viz. I. The house of the Earl of Derby, in Grosvenor-Square. II. The house of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Baronet, in St. James'-Square. III. The house of the Earl of Shelburne, in Berkeley-Square. IV. The seat of the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion, continued. V. Various designs of public and private buildings ... Volume III. Containing the remainder of the designs, to complete those in the preceeding volumes.
Volumes I and II are apparently later editions of the item listed as no. 1 in the Park bibliography, dated 1773 and 1779 respectively.
Microfilm. New Haven, Conn. : Research Publications, 1971. 1 microfilm reel ; 35 mm. (American architectural books supplement : based on the Helen Park list ; reel 1, no. A1).

Subject:

Architecture.
Architecture Early works to 1800.
Architecture Ouvrages avant 1800.
architecture (discipline)

Form/genre:

Early works.

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American architectural books supplement : based on the Helen Park list.

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Location: Library study room microform 41789
Call No.: ID87B7159s115 MFM; ID:89-B1832
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