COLOR PLATE] REPTON, HUMPRY. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening ... London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. First edition. Modern full russet morocco, spine with raised bands outlined in gilt, cloth slipcase. 13 1/4 inches (34 cm); portrait frontispiece, [16] (including title, dedication and plate list), 222, [2] pp., with 26 plates (twelve of which are hand-colored aquatints), with all the movable overslips. Frontispiece slightly foxed, offsetting from the plates, several leaves at end lightly damp-stained. One of the finest color-plate books of the period, remarkable for the "before and after" movable plates, a feature taken from Repton's famous "Red Books." The text and plates are on paper watermarked 1801. C Estate of Karl Lunde
COLOR PLATE] REPTON, HUMPRY. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening ... London: T. Bensley for J. Taylor, 1803. First edition. Modern full russet morocco, spine with raised bands outlined in gilt, cloth slipcase. 13 1/4 inches (34 cm); portrait frontispiece, [16] (including title, dedication and plate list), 222, [2] pp., with 26 plates (twelve of which are hand-colored aquatints), with all the movable overslips. Frontispiece slightly foxed, offsetting from the plates, several leaves at end lightly damp-stained. One of the finest color-plate books of the period, remarkable for the "before and after" movable plates, a feature taken from Repton's famous "Red Books." The text and plates are on paper watermarked 1801. C Estate of Karl Lunde
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