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Auction archive: Lot number 224

REPTON, HUMPHRY. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Auction archive: Lot number 224

REPTON, HUMPHRY. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening

Estimate
US$2,500 - US$3,000
Price realised:
n. a.
Beschreibung:

REPTON, HUMPHRY. 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 x 10 5/8 inches (34 x 27.5 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

Auction archive: Lot number 224
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
Beschreibung:

REPTON, HUMPHRY. 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 x 10 5/8 inches (34 x 27.5 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

Auction archive: Lot number 224
Auction:
Datum:
12 Nov 2019
Auction house:
Doyle New York - Auctioneers & Appraisers
East 87th Street 75
New York, NY 10128
United States
info@doyle.com
+1 (0)212 4272730
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