Some light offsetting from some of the plates else a very good copy of this key pattern book for disseminating the Adam style.

“The lengthy title accurately reflects the variety of subjects illustrated in the plates, from a large country mansion to details of mouldings and staircase railings. The unusually large scale of the designs, especially for a builder’s manual, reflects the authors’ pretensions to have compiled a comprehensive treatise on British domestic architecture.”—Archer.