Adam, Robert Ruins of the Palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia. With engraved frontispiece and 60 engraved plates, some folded several times. (London), Printed for the Author, 1764. IV, 4 Bll. (List of Subscribers), 33 pp. Folio (53 x 40 cm). Decorative gilt on spine and covers, gilt stamped label on spine, gilt edges and marble endpapers (somewhat stained, rubbed and bumped, joints chipped). From the library of Jacob Henry Astley (1756-1817) of Melton Constablen in Norfolk, with his engraved bookplate. - First edition. - Brunet I, 46, Univ. cat. Books on Art I, 5. catalogue of ornamental engravings. Berlin 1893. Millard II, 1. Cicognara 3567 (opera magnifica e grandiosa). - Impressive documentation of Diocletian's Palace by the leading architect of British Neoclassicism Robert Adam (1728- 1792). As a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Charles-Louis Clérisseau, Adam spent some time during his Grand Tour in what is now Split in Croatia - an important point of connection in late antiquity. Together with Clérisseau, he studied Diocletian's Palace there and eventually published the present work, which is modelled on Robert Wood's The Ruins of Palmyra of 1763. - The marvellous plates engraved by F. Bartolozzi, E. Rooker, F. Patton, P. Santini, A. Walker, D. Cunego, J. Bassire and Antonio Zucchi. - Slightly browned due to paper and occasionally somewhat browned or fingerstained. Some plates somewhat trimmed. Overall a very well-preserved copy of this splendid work. Architecture - With engraved frontispiece and 60 engraved plates, some folded several times. Cont. leather with decorative gilt on spine and covers, gilt spine label and marbled endpapers (somewhat stained, rubbed and bumped, joints chipped). - From the library of Jacob Henry Astley (1756-1817) of Melton Constablen in Norfolk, with his engraved bookplate. - First edition. - Impressive documentation of Diocletian's Palace by the leading architect of British neoclassicism. As a pupil of Giovanni Battista Piranesi and Charles-Louis Clérisseau, Adam spent some time during his Grand Tour in what is now Split in Croatia - an important point of connection in late antiquity. Together with Clérisseau, he studied Diocletian's Palace there and eventually published the present work, which is modelled on Robert Wood's The Ruins of Palmyra of 1763. - The marvellous plates engraved by F. Bartolozzi, E. Rooker, F. Patton, P. Santini, A. Walker, D. Cunego, J. Bassire and Antonio Zucchi. - Slightly browned due to paper and occasionally somewhat brownstained or fingerstained. Some plates somewhat trimmed. Overall a very well-preserved copy of this splendid work.