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Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton. London: T. Bensley for J.C. Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 [watermarked 1807].
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REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818); John ADEY (1775-1860) & George STANLEY (d.1858)
Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton. London: T. Bensley for J.C. Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 [watermarked 1807].
First edition. 'Repton's shift in scaling dramatizes the visual consequences of his plans. In the before flap on top, the Brighton pavilion appears hidden, isolated, distant -- impressions intensified by the tiny person and by the over-writing on the shadowy building. When the flap is raised to reveal the proposed redesign, the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable, filled with well dressed visitors... ' (Tufte, Visual Explanations, p.17). Abbey Scenery 57; cf. Tooley 396 (variant title).
Folio (539 x 351mm). 20 plates and illustrations, including an engraved hand-coloured plan; 19 aquatints, 9 hand-coloured [6 of these with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding], 2 with sepia wash, all by Stadler after Repton (leaf E1 ‘An inquiry into the changes in architecture’ misbound after 'Prefatory Observations', frontispiece misbound after E1 and before B1 'Of the Situation, Character, and Circumstances', double-page folding plate 'North Front towards the Parade' torn at fold but without loss and with another short repaired marginal tear, some light creasing to a few overslips, a few small marginal stains). Modern dark-blue half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine tooled antique style.
Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton. London: T. Bensley for J.C. Stadler, to be sold by Boydell and Co. and others, 1808 [watermarked 1807].
First edition. 'Repton's shift in scaling dramatizes the visual consequences of his plans. In the before flap on top, the Brighton pavilion appears hidden, isolated, distant -- impressions intensified by the tiny person and by the over-writing on the shadowy building. When the flap is raised to reveal the proposed redesign, the space between us and the pavilion has now become intimate and comfortable, filled with well dressed visitors... ' (Tufte, Visual Explanations, p.17). Abbey Scenery 57; cf. Tooley 396 (variant title).
Folio (539 x 351mm). 20 plates and illustrations, including an engraved hand-coloured plan; 19 aquatints, 9 hand-coloured [6 of these with overslips, one with overpage, one double-page, one folding], 2 with sepia wash, all by Stadler after Repton (leaf E1 ‘An inquiry into the changes in architecture’ misbound after 'Prefatory Observations', frontispiece misbound after E1 and before B1 'Of the Situation, Character, and Circumstances', double-page folding plate 'North Front towards the Parade' torn at fold but without loss and with another short repaired marginal tear, some light creasing to a few overslips, a few small marginal stains). Modern dark-blue half morocco over marbled paper-covered boards, gilt spine tooled antique style.
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