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Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818, Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening , 1816
- Title(s):
- 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.
- Published/Created:
- 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
- Holdings:
- Rare Books and ManuscriptsSB471 .R47 1816+ Copy 1 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsSB471 .R47 1816+ Copy 2 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsSB471 .R47 1816+ Copy 3 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details.Rare Books and ManuscriptsSB471 .R47 1816+ Copy 4 OversizeYale Center for British Art, Paul Mellon CollectionView by request in the Study Room [Request]
Note: The Study Room is open by appointment. Please visit the Study Room page on our website for more details. - Copyright Status:
- Public Domain
- Full Orbis Record:
- http://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/1770781
- Classification:
- Books
- 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.
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
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. - Subject Terms:
- Architecture, Domestic.Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate.Gott, Benjamin -- Bookplate.Jennings, Annie Burr, Miss -- Bookplate.Landscape gardening.Sneyd, C. M. -- Autograph.T. Bensley and son -- Printer.Taylor, J. -- Publisher.
- Form/Genre:
- Fore-edge paintings (Binding)
Aquatints -- 1816.
Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1816.
Overlays.
Wood engravings -- 1816.
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