Charles Cameron, architect to the court of Russia

London, Elek , 1971. First Edition. Hardcover. Fine cloth copy in an equally fine dust-wrapper. Particularly and surprisingly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Price-clipped. Physical description: 111 pages illustrations 26 cm. Notes: Includes bibliographical references (pages 105-108). Contents: PART 1 THE ADVENTURER: Scotland -- London and Rome -- The Baths of the Romans -- Litigation -- The Empress of All the Russias -- Tsarskoe Selo: The Catherine Palace -- The Agate Pavilion and Cameron Gallery -- Pavlovsk -- The Crimea -- Death of the Empress -- Last Years -- PART II THE ARTIST: The Palladian -- The Baths of the Romans -- Robert Adam -- Tsarskoe Selo: Interior Decoration -- The Agate Pavilion and Cameron Gallery -- Pavlovsk. Subjects: Cameron, Charles approximately 1743-1812. Aleksandr I. Russland, Zar 1777-1825. Katharina II. Russland, Zarin 1729-1796. Neoclassicism (Architecture) Russia. Bildnis. Architecture Russia History 18th century. Architects Great Britain Biography. Architecture Soviet Union. Architecture 17th-18th centuries. Great Britain. Architecture 17th-18th centuries Russia. Russia Architecture 18th century. Architecture Cameron, Charles, b.1743 Russia. Cameron, Charles, 1745-1812. Russia : Renaissance architecture. Court life Russia 1770-1799. 101 Russia 101 architecture 101 Cameron, Charles.