The Works in Architecture of Robert and James Adam, Volume I, 2 and 3

London: E. Thezard Brothers, 1900, 1901 and 1902. 1 of 500 copies, very rare. Hardcover. Tannish cloth, leather corners and spine label. Unpaginated. 105 bw plates. G+, finger smudges to several pages, wear and soiling to cover and wear to edges. Item #27444

First published in 1778 as single volume subsequent to being published in five volumes between 1773 - 1778. Illustrations from the text have been used regularly by biographers and architectural historians. Text in French and English. Includes the Seat of the Duke of Northumberland, at Sion, the Villa of Earl Mansfield, at Kenwood, the Seat of the Earl of Bute, at Luton Park, public buildings, and designs for the King and Queen, and the Princess Dowager of Wales, etc. Includes notes about each building. These three volumes are bound together into one large and weighty tome.

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