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A short history of renaissance architecture in England, 1500-1800 (1900)

Blomfield, Reginald Theodore, Sir, 1856-1942 · London, G. Bell and sons · leaf 272

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st venture in speculative building. Robert Adam diedin 1792 and was buried in Westminster Abbey, and his brotherJames died two years later. It is evident from certain remarks in his published works,that Robert Adam regarded himself as an original thinker inarchitecture on two grounds : first, that… … m m in ^ s < O -J] ■» 212 ROBERT ADAM [chap, xi a kind of revolution in this useful and elegant art, for Adamhad no false modesty about his work. In regard to house plan-ning, he considered that he had advanced on Inigo Jones andothers in the disposition and relief of his apartments, bywhich he…

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