Humphry Repton | Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, London, 1805

Humphry Repton

Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening, including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture. London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1805

Second edition, 4to (344 x 277 mm.), stipple-engraved portrait frontispiece by W. Holl after S. Shelley, dedication leaf, 12 hand-coloured aquatint plates (9 with overslips), 15 plain or tinted aquatint or engraved plates (3 with overslips), 32 illustrations (2 with overslips, one hand-coloured), contemporary diced russia, gilt dentelles, spine with raised bands in six compartments, edges marbled, scattered spotting and browning, closed tears near folds of 'General View of Bayham' plate (paper repairs to verso), extremities slightly rubbed, otherwise a fine copy

LITERATURE:

1803 edition: Abbey, Scenery

PROVENANCE:

Bookplate of Colonel John Bullock of Faulkbourne M.P. (1731-1809)