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ADAM, Robert (1728-1792). Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. [London]: for the author, 1764.
2° (534 x 378mm). 61 numbered engraved plates after C.-L. Clérisseau on 54 leaves, including frontispiece, the majority by F. Bartolozzi and F. Zucchi, 7 double-page and 7 double-page and folding. (Light mainly marginal spotting, a little stronger on frontispiece, light staining along joints of extension of some double-page folding plates, some plates with light marginal waterstains.) Contemporary calf gilt, marbled edges (front joints cracked, extremities rubbed and a little chipped, light stains on covers).
ROBERT ADAM'S MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURAL RECORD OF DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE. Most, if not all, of the drawings were by Charles-Louis Clérisseau, but Adam refused to allow his collaborator's name to appear on the plates. Much of the engraving work was done in Venice by F. Bartolozzi, F. Zucchi, P. Santini, and D. Cunego, supervised first by Clérisseau and later, James Adam. Only eleven plates, those by Mazell, Patton, Rooker, Walker and Basire, were produced in England. While outstanding architectural records in themselves, the plates are also important as a source of motifs used in the Adam style. Berlin Katalog 1893; Cicognara 3567: ‘opera magnifica e grandiosa’; Fowler 2; Harrison pp. 76-81; Millard II, 1; RIBA 27.
2° (534 x 378mm). 61 numbered engraved plates after C.-L. Clérisseau on 54 leaves, including frontispiece, the majority by F. Bartolozzi and F. Zucchi, 7 double-page and 7 double-page and folding. (Light mainly marginal spotting, a little stronger on frontispiece, light staining along joints of extension of some double-page folding plates, some plates with light marginal waterstains.) Contemporary calf gilt, marbled edges (front joints cracked, extremities rubbed and a little chipped, light stains on covers).
ROBERT ADAM'S MAGNIFICENT ARCHITECTURAL RECORD OF DIOCLETIAN'S PALACE. Most, if not all, of the drawings were by Charles-Louis Clérisseau, but Adam refused to allow his collaborator's name to appear on the plates. Much of the engraving work was done in Venice by F. Bartolozzi, F. Zucchi, P. Santini, and D. Cunego, supervised first by Clérisseau and later, James Adam. Only eleven plates, those by Mazell, Patton, Rooker, Walker and Basire, were produced in England. While outstanding architectural records in themselves, the plates are also important as a source of motifs used in the Adam style. Berlin Katalog 1893; Cicognara 3567: ‘opera magnifica e grandiosa’; Fowler 2; Harrison pp. 76-81; Millard II, 1; RIBA 27.
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