REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. London: by W. Bulmer & Co., [watermarked 1794].

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REPTON, Humphrey (1752-1818). Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening. London: by W. Bulmer & Co., [watermarked 1794].

Oblong 2° (265 x 360mm). Half-title, 16 aquatint plates, 10 hand-coloured with overslips (4 double-page), 3 plain with overslips (some overslips creased), 6 with tinted borders, 3 woodcut illustrations in the text, final leaf of explanation. (2 double-page plates with tears, one touching illustration without loss, slightly browned, a few leaves slightly soiled.) Contemporary diced russia, gilt roll-tool border round covers, gilt spine in compartments (laid down, slightly rubbed). Provenance: Syston Park (armorial bookplate); Malacrida (armorial bookplate).

FIRST EDITION. DNB states that only 250 copies of this work were printed. Abbey Scenery 388; Henrey 1269; Tooley 400.