Scottish Enlightenment
Using primary sources to learn about Robert Adam
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In this film, Iain G Brown, the Principal Manuscripts Curator, and Anette Hagan, the Senior Rare Books Curator, at the National Library of Scotland, show and explain 18th century documents and books relating to Robert Adam.
The materials they talk about include engravings of his designs and the plans for Edinburgh's New Town.
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