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MORRIS, Richard. Essays on Landscape Gardening, and on Uniting Picturesque Effect with Rural Scenery. London: J. Taylor, 1825.
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MORRIS, Richard. Essays on Landscape Gardening, and on Uniting Picturesque Effect with Rural Scenery. London: J. Taylor, 1825.
4o (272 x 216 mm). Half-title, 6 aquatint plates, 3 hand-colored, 3 tinted (2 of these with overslips). 19th-century boards (some minor rubbing and light darkening).
FIRST EDITION of this beautifully illustrated work on the art of landscape gardening in England at the beginning of the 19th century. In the preface Morris acknowledges "the elegant and pleasing works" of Humphry Repton, William Gilpin and others, which influenced his own designs. Abbey Life 40.
4o (272 x 216 mm). Half-title, 6 aquatint plates, 3 hand-colored, 3 tinted (2 of these with overslips). 19th-century boards (some minor rubbing and light darkening).
FIRST EDITION of this beautifully illustrated work on the art of landscape gardening in England at the beginning of the 19th century. In the preface Morris acknowledges "the elegant and pleasing works" of Humphry Repton, William Gilpin and others, which influenced his own designs. Abbey Life 40.