Lot 2
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803.
Hammer Price: £4,200
Description
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley slightly foxed, 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays, 1 folding and with short tear), 14 engraved plates (mostly aquatint, some tinted, 3 with overlays, 1 double-page) and 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured), 11 aquatint vignettes and illustrations in text, 2 with overlays, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, uncut in original printed pink boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, [Abbey, Scenery 390; Berlin Kat. 3431; Tooley 399], 4to, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803.
⁂ Repton's "most important work" in first edition and unusual to find in the original boards.
Description
Repton (Humphry) Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, first edition, stipple-engraved frontispiece portrait by W.Holl after S.Shelley slightly foxed, 11 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overlays, 1 folding and with short tear), 14 engraved plates (mostly aquatint, some tinted, 3 with overlays, 1 double-page) and 2 engraved maps (1 hand-coloured), 11 aquatint vignettes and illustrations in text, 2 with overlays, wood-engraved illustrations, some offsetting, uncut in original printed pink boards, rebacked, rubbed and soiled, [Abbey, Scenery 390; Berlin Kat. 3431; Tooley 399], 4to, Printed by T. Brinsley...for J. Taylor, 1803.
⁂ Repton's "most important work" in first edition and unusual to find in the original boards.
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