The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
by Bolton, Arthur T
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- Hardcover
- first
- Condition
- Orig. green cloth. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols
- Seller
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About This Item
London: Country Life, 1922. First edition. Hardcover. Orig. green cloth. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols. Adam, Robert & James. Approximately 15" x 12"; 636 illustrations, photographs and drawings to scale. Spiers Index of Drawings inThe Soane Collection. Index of Clients' Names. General Index. An important work, magnificently illustrated. COLVIN p31. "...contains a catalogue of the principal works of the drawings in Sir John Soane's Museum and illustrates all the principal works of the brothers Adam. FREITAG 36. Front cover raised bust in gilt. Bookplates front pastedown, ex-library -- spine stickers removed, small ink handstamped number front pastedowns, versos of title pages and bottom edge of one rear blank. Intrerior contents clean, bindings firm, backstrips chipped at extremities.
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- Seller
- Royoung bookseller, Inc. (US)
- Seller's Inventory #
- 9308
- Title
- The Architecture of Robert & James Adam (1758-1794)
- Author
- Bolton, Arthur T
- Illustrator
- Adam, Robert & James
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - Orig. green cloth. Aeg. Very good. 2 vols
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Edition
- First edition
- Publisher
- Country Life
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1922
- Keywords
- Art Reference
- Bookseller catalogs
- Architecture; Art Reference; Monographs;
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