REPTON, HUMPHRY and JOHN ADEY REPTON. Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London 1816. Large 4to, 360 x 290mm. (14 1/4 x 11 1/4in.), old boards, uncut, rebacked with buff paper, edges and corners worn, occasional offsetting from plates to text, paper slightly darkened at edges. 43 aquatint plates: 24 of them hand-colored (10 with overslips) and 3 of them double-page, 5 tinted plates (1 with overslip) and 14 uncolored plates (3 with overslips); 8 uncolored aquatint text vignettes (2 with overslips), numerous text woodcuts. Abbey Scenery 391.

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REPTON, HUMPHRY and JOHN ADEY REPTON. Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. London 1816. Large 4to, 360 x 290mm. (14 1/4 x 11 1/4in.), old boards, uncut, rebacked with buff paper, edges and corners worn, occasional offsetting from plates to text, paper slightly darkened at edges. 43 aquatint plates: 24 of them hand-colored (10 with overslips) and 3 of them double-page, 5 tinted plates (1 with overslip) and 14 uncolored plates (3 with overslips); 8 uncolored aquatint text vignettes (2 with overslips), numerous text woodcuts. Abbey Scenery 391.