Adam, Robert

Biographies include John Fleming, Robert Adam and His Circle, in Edinburgh & Rome (1962), based on original letters; and Doreen Yarwood, Robert Adam (1970), concentrating on the man rather than the artist. Well-illustrated surveys of his work in different genres include Arthur T. Bolton, The Architecture of Robert & James Adam, 1785–1794, 2 vol. (1922, reprinted 1984); Eileen Harris, The Furniture of Robert Adam (1963, reprinted 1973); Damie Stillman, The Decorative Work of Robert Adam (1966, reprinted 1973), with original drawings; and Joseph Rykwert and Anne Rykwert, Robert and James Adam: The Men and the Style (1985).