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REPTON, Humphry. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. London: T.Bensley for J.Taylor, 1803.
4° (355 x 290mm.). Stipple-engraved portrait of the author by W.Holl after S.Shelley (two small tears into plate area), 27 engraved or aquatint plates including 12 coloured by hand, 4 tinted, 11 uncoloured, 12 with overslips, 2 double-page, numerous engraved, wood-engraved or aquatint vignettes and illustrations, 2 with overslips. Contemporary boards, uncut (neatly rebacked, contemporary manuscript title label laid down), modern morocco-backed cloth box.
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY. Abbey Scenery 390; Tooley 399.
4° (355 x 290mm.). Stipple-engraved portrait of the author by W.Holl after S.Shelley (two small tears into plate area), 27 engraved or aquatint plates including 12 coloured by hand, 4 tinted, 11 uncoloured, 12 with overslips, 2 double-page, numerous engraved, wood-engraved or aquatint vignettes and illustrations, 2 with overslips. Contemporary boards, uncut (neatly rebacked, contemporary manuscript title label laid down), modern morocco-backed cloth box.
FIRST EDITION, A FINE COPY. Abbey Scenery 390; Tooley 399.