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R. Adam, The ruins of the palace of the Emperor Diocletian at Spalatro in Dalmatia, 1764
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F. Arneil Walker, The buildings of Scotland: Argyll and Bute, 2000
D. Arnold, The Georgian country house: architecture, landscape and society, 1998
D. Arnold (ed.), The Georgian villa, 1998
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G. Beard, Decorative plasterwork in Great Britain, 1975
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A.T. Bolton, '19 Arlington Street: a residence of the Marquess of Zetland', Country Life, 17 September 1921
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F. D. Ferguson, 'Wyatt chairs: rethinking the Adam heritage' Burlington Magazine 119, July 1977
G. Fitzgerald, 'Chippendale's place in the English rococo', Furniture History, 1968
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E. Fitzmaurice, Life of William, Earl of Shelburne, afterwards first Marquess of Lansdowne, 1912
J. Fleming, ‘Adam Gothic’, Connoisseur, 142, 1958
J. Fleming, Robert Adam and his circle, 1962
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B. Ford, 'Sir Watkin Williams- Wynn: a Welsh Maecenas', Apollo, June 1974
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M. Gibbon, 'Stowe, Buckinghamshire', Architectural History 20, 1977
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