Observations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening. Including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the possession of the different noblemen and gentlemen, for whose use they were originally written; the whole tending to establish fixed principles in the respective arts. By H. Repton.

Main entry:

Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.

Title & Author:

Publication:

London, Printed by T. Bensley, Bolt Court, for J. Taylor at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1805.

Description:

16, 222 pages, [2] pages, 40 unnumbered leaves of plates (1 folded) : illustrations (some hand-colored) (engravings, aquatints, woodcut), map, plans, portrait ; 36 cm

Notes:
Originally published in 1803.
Signatures: A⁸ B-2F⁴.
List of plates at end identifies 40 plates, although the number of plates seems to vary with each copy.
Illustrations include engraved frontispiece portrait of Repton after S. Shelley, engraved by W. Holl; 13 of the engraved plates have unique movable flaps that illustrate the "before" and "after" views of Repton's landscape designs; 14 of the engravings are hand-colored; small colored woodcut diagram of color wheel on page 219
Includes index.
Second edition; cf. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, by R. V. Tooley, 399. First published in London, 1803.
Many of the hand-colored plates have overslips to show partial variations of the plates.
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 390
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 399

Subject:

Landscape architecture.
Landscape architecture England History 19th century.
Architecture du paysage.
Architecture du paysage Angleterre Histoire 19e siècle.
Landscape gardening
England.

Form/genre:

History.
Aquatints 1805.
Aquatints Hand-colored 1805. CtY-BA
Toy and movable books England London 1805.

Added entries:

Shelley, Samuel, approximately 1750-1808, artist.
Holl, William, 1771-1838, engraver.
Taylor, J. (Josiah), bookseller, publisher.
Bensley, Thomas, 1759-1835, printer.

Holdings:

Location: Library cage m 69627
Call No.: 0000122
Copy: c. 2
Status: Available

Location: Library cage m 69628
Call No.: 5455
Copy: c. 1
Status: Available

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