Arbiter of elegance : a biography of Robert Adam / Roderick Graham
2009, First Edition. Edinburgh : Birlinn. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Well-preserved overall; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Item #447481
ISBN: 1841588024
Physical description; xviii, 382 p., [24] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps, plans ; 25 cm. Contents; Anarchy and Augustans -- The search for foundations -- The grand tourist -- Bob the Roman -- Spalatro -- A great diversity of ceilings -- Foundation stone laid -- A regiment of artificers -- Four Scotchmen by name of Adams -- Certain public works in the city of Edinburgh -- Monuments of his taste and genius. Subject; Adam, Robert 1728-1792. Architects Scotland ; Biography. Great Britain.
Price: €12.95