REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, London: printed by T. Bensley for J Taylor, 1803. 4° (336 x 274mm). 19 engraved and aquatint plates only (of 28), 6 hand-coloured, one folding, 4 with overslips, one double-page tinted, 12 uncoloured, 3 with overslips (lacks portrait and plates 4,5,7,13,14,16,17 and 23, name excised from endpaper, light spotting and offsetting). Contemporary half calf (lightly rubbed and soiled). Provenance: Charles Drury (bookplate and presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 390.

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REPTON, Humphry (1752-1818). Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, London: printed by T. Bensley for J Taylor, 1803. 4° (336 x 274mm). 19 engraved and aquatint plates only (of 28), 6 hand-coloured, one folding, 4 with overslips, one double-page tinted, 12 uncoloured, 3 with overslips (lacks portrait and plates 4,5,7,13,14,16,17 and 23, name excised from endpaper, light spotting and offsetting). Contemporary half calf (lightly rubbed and soiled). Provenance: Charles Drury (bookplate and presentation inscription). FIRST EDITION. Abbey Scenery 390.

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