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    The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam
    The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam
    The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam
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    The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam

    By Henry Hope Reed, Robert Adam and James Adam

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    The Palladian style dominated British architecture for most of the 1700s, until the rise of the Adam style, which held sway for the final decades of the eighteenth century. Brothers Robert and James Adam were almost single-handedly responsible for infusing Georgian architecture with the sensibilities and elements of classical Hellenic and Latinate design. Their elegant, sophisticated form of Neoclassicism affected not only architecture, but also interior design, furniture design, and landscaping.
    The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, one of the most celebrated books in architectural history, consists of the brothers' own selections of illustrations from their commissions. Dating from the 1770s, these 106 illustrated plates epitomize the style that influenced generations of British and American architectural and furniture designs. Created by some of the finest commercial engravers of the age — including four plates by Piranesi — these illustrations are painstakingly reproduced in perfect detail and clarity. The original text imparts the Adams' own esthetic and practical aims, and an informative introduction places the brothers' work in historical perspective.
    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherDover Publications
    Release dateFeb 20, 2013
    ISBN9780486156972
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      The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam

      Henry Hope Reed

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      Copyright

      Copyright © 1980 by Dover Publications, Inc. All rights reserved.

      Bibliographical Note

      This Dover edition, first published in 1980 and republished in 2006, is a republication of The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Esquires (London, various dates), originally consisting of the following Volumes and Numbers:

      Volume I, 1778; printed for the authors, and sold by Peter Elmsly; including: Number I, Containing Part of the Designs of Sion House, a magnificent Seat of His Grace The Duke of Northumberland, in the County of Middlesex. separately dated 1773, with 8 plates: Number II, Containing Part of the Designs of Lord Mansfield’s Villa at Kenwood, in the County of Middlesex, 1774, with 8 plates; Number III. Containing Part of the Designs of Luton House in Bedfordshire. One of the Seats of the Earl of Bute, 1775, with 8 plates; Number IV, Containing Designs of Some Public Buildings, 1776, with 8 plates (the first four Numbers printed for the authors, and sold by T. Becket); and Number V, Containing Designs for The King and Queen, and her Royal Highness The Late Princess Dowager of Wales, &c., 1778, with 8 plates (printed for the authors, and sold by Peter Elmsly).

      Volume II, 1822; printed for Priestley and Weale; including: Number I, Containing Part of the Designs of the Earl of Derby’s House in Grosvenor-Square, with 8 plates individually dated 1777; Number II, Containing Part of the Designs of the House of Sir Watkin Williams Wynn, Bart. in St. James’s-Square, with 8 plates dated 1777; Number III, Containing Part of the Designs of Shelburne House in Berkeley-Square, with 8 plates dated 1778; Number IV, Being a Continuation of the Designs of Sion House, a magnificent Seat of the Duke of Northumberland, in the County of Middlesex, with 8 plates dated 1778; and Number V, Containing various Designs of Public and Private Buildings, with 8 plates variously dated 1776, 1778, and 1779.

      Volume III, 1822; printed for Priestley and Weale; Containing the remainder of the Designs, to complete those in the preceding Volumes, with 25 plates lacking indication of years.

      All the original plates, as well as the frontispiece, have been included. The English-language text has been reset, unabridged except for the omission of the various title pages and for the regularization of headings; the

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