The Decorative Work Of Robert & James Adam Being A Reproduction Of The Plates Illustrating Decoration & Furniture From Their "Works In Architecture" Published 1778-1812
RA Collection: Book
Record number
07/3546
Imprint
London: Published By B.T. Batsford, 94 High Holborn, MDCCCCI
Physical Description
[8] p., 30 pl.; 480 mm.
Contents
[Half-t., t.p.] - Preface - List Of Plates - [Plates].
Responsibility Note
The Preface states, 'This reproduction ... has been made in photo-lithography by Mr James Akerman'.
The printer is named on the title-page verso: 'Chiswick Press: Charles Whittingham And Co. Tooks Court, Chancery Lane, London.'
References
Royal Institute of British Architects, British Architectural Library ... Early printed books, I (1994), nos. 28, 29, p.12-15 [on the editions of 1773, 1779, 1822].
H. Lloyd-Jones, Blood for the ghosts: classical influences in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries (1982).
Provenance
The front loose endpaper is inscribed in ink, 'Howard Chatfield Clarke 63 Bishopsgate Within May 1st 1902.' The front pastedown carries the bookplate of the Royal Academy, on which has been typed, 'Ex Libris Sir Edwin Cooper R.A. 1961'.
Binding Note
20th-century quarter white vellum, grey papered boards, upper cover lettered 'The Decorative Work Of Robert & James Adam London Published By B.T. Batsford, 94 High Holborn MDCCCCI'; spine lettered 'The Decorative Work Of R. & J. Adam'.
Interior decoration - Furniture - Design - Great Britain - History - 18th century - Neoclassical
Pattern books - Great Britain - 18th century - 20th century
Pictorial works - Photolithographs - Great Britain - 20th century