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REPTON (HUMPHRY) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803 image 1
REPTON (HUMPHRY) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803 image 2
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REPTON (HUMPHRY)
Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803

15 June 2016, 14:00 BST
London, Knightsbridge

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REPTON (HUMPHRY)

Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, FIRST EDITION, stipple-engraved portrait by W. Holl after S. Shelley, 27 plates comprising 22 aquatints (one double-page, one folding, 15 hand-coloured or tinted, 12 with overslips) and 5 etchings and line engravings, 11 smaller aquatints and 15 wood-engravings in the text (2 with overslips), occasional light spotting, soiling and dampstaining in margins, folding plate with 2 tears repaired, portrait and last 2 leaves with browning in margins, contemporary red straight-grained morocco, sides with ornate gilt roll-tooled and line borders, gilt panelled spine with repeated floral tool, g.e., neatly rebacked preserving original spine [Abbey Scenery 390; Henrey II, p.546; Tooley 399], 4to (330 x 270mm.), T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803

Footnotes

First edition of the second of Repton's three works featuring his ingenious use of folding overslips to show the estates before and after improvement. "These three works are chiefly compiled from the author's 'Red Books' and are illustrated with facsimiles of the original sketches, engraved in aquatint. These publications are important as records of Repton's work and views as a landscape gardener. But they are also among the finest examples of books to appear in this country illustrated by the aquatint process" (Henrey).

Provenance: "E.A.", armorial bookplate and shelf label on front paste-down; later owner's bookplate.

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