Color Schemes of Adam Ceilings

New York: Charles Scribner's Sons, 1928. Portfolio. Near Fine. The Adam Brothers (Gerald and Betty Geerlings). Lovely 1928 portfolio of 5 reproductions of Adam Brothers ceilings, suffused with gorgeous water-color. The 5 plates, all in their stiff boards, are loose as issued and --along with a stapled title page and Introduction (by Gerald K. Geerlings) -- are housed within a dark-brown chemise, with handsome gilt-titling and design. From the title page: "Lithographed from Water-Color Sketches by Gerald K. Geerlings and Betty F. Geerlings, Reproducing the Original Studies by the Adam Brothers Now in the Sir John Soane Museum, London