Robert Adam and his circle in Edinburgh and Rome / John Fleming
1962, 2nd edition. London : John Murray. Very good cloth copy in a good if somewhat edge-torn (with some loss) and dust-dulled dust-wrapper, now mylar-sleeved. Remains quite well-preserved overall. Item #406835
Physical description; xxi, 393 p.: ill., plans, ports. ; 23 cm. Notes; Includes bibliographical references and index. Contents; The family background -- Wililam Adam : Vitruvius Scoticus -- The education and youth of the Adam brothers -- Robert Adam, the grand tourist -- Bob the Roman -- My holy see of pleasureable antiquity -- Boisterous lords and senseless squires -- Il cavaliere James Adam. Subjects; Adam, Robert 1728-1792. Adam, James (British architect, 1732-1794). Adam family (British architects, active 17th-18th centuries). Adam, Robert 1728-1792 Travel Italy Rome. Adams family. Adams, Family, of Scotland. Adam, Robert 1728-1792 Friends and associates. Architecture Great Britain 18th century. Architects Great Britain ; Biography. Neoclassicism (Architecture). Architecture 17th-18th centuries Great Britain. Architecture Great Britain. Architects Scotland. Architects Scotland Edinburgh ; Biography.
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