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Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts in 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
Title
Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts in 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, esq. ; assisted by his son, J. Adey Repton, F.A.S.
Publication
London : Printed by T. Bensley and Son, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1816.
Physical Description
xii, 238, [2] pages, [43] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Local Notes
LWL 72 816R: With fore edge painting.
LWL 72 816R: From the library of Annie Burr Jennings, with her book-plate.
LWL 72 816R: Bequest of Miss Jennings to Annie Burr Lewis.
BAC: British Art Center copy 1 bound in contemporary three-quarter dark green morocco with marbled boards.
BAC: British Art Center copy 2 bound in publisher's original boards. Catalogue of modern books on architecture, theoretical, practical and ornaments ... on sale at J. Taylor's Architecture Library, [8] pages tipped in at end, not included in pagination.
BAC: British Art Center copy 3 bound in contemporary blind- and gilt-stamped calf, with gilt edges. Bookplate: Richard Blackett Beaumont. Autograph: C.M. Sneyd.
BAC: British Art Center copy 4 is the Abbey copy. Bound in contempory gilt-tooled calf. Armorial bookplate: Benjamin Gott.
Notes
Aquatints after drawings by Humphry Repton. A number of the plates have overlays, showing changes to the landscapes (in the manner of the Red Books produced by Repton).
Wood-engraved diagrams and illustrations within the text.
Format
Books
Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 01, 2002
References
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 1790-1860, 398
Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 391
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Genre/Form
Fore-edge paintings (Binding)
Aquatints - 1816.
Aquatints - Hand-colored - 1816.
Overlays.
Wood engravings - 1816.
Publisher's advertisements.
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