Editing Adam style (section)

===Pattern books and style guides===
The Neoclassical style was all the vogue throughout the 18th century, and many style guides were published to advise builders how their finished properties should look. Influential guides included [https://www.metmuseum.org/art/collection/search/351155 Stephen] Riou's ''The Grecian Orders'' (1768), and [[Batty Langley]]'s ''A Sure Guide to Builders'' (1729), ''The Young Builder's Rudiments'' (1730 and 1734), ''Ancient Masonry'' (1736), ''The City and Country Builder's and Workman's Treasury of Designs'' (1740 and later editions), ''The Builder's Jewel'' (1741). Architects, designers, cabinet makers, stonemasons, and craftsmen published pattern books and style guides to advertise their ideas, thereby hoping to attract a lucrative clientele.