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090 $aSB471$b.R42 1805
100 1 $aRepton, Humphry,$d1752-1818.
245 10 $aObservations on the theory and practice of landscape gardening :$bincluding some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts, in the 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 /$cby H. Repton, Esq.
260 $aLondon :$bPrinted by T. Bensley ... for J. Taylor ...,$c1805.
300 $a16, 222, [2] p., 28 leaves of plates (1 double, 1 folded) :$bill. (aquatints (some col.), engravings, woodcuts), diagrs., maps, plans, port. ;$c37 cm.
500 $aCover title: Repton on landscape-gardening and architecture.
500 $aReprint: first published 1803.
500 $aRepton utilized material from his "Red Book" presentations prepared for clients and cites over 100 locations (p. [15]-16, preliminaries).
500 $aMany of the hand-colored plates have overslips to show proposed changes in the landscapes. Two plates are tinted. Portrait of the author engraved by W. Holl after a drawing by S. Shelley as frontispiece. Dated plates read 1802. Numerous drawings, engravings (vignettes) and diagrams within the text. Repton credits his son, J. A. Repton "for many valuable ornaments to this volume" and for his architectural expertise.
510 4 $aArcher, J. Brit. domestic arch.,$c279.1-2
510 4 $aAbbey, J.R. Scenery,$c390
650 0 $aLandscape gardening.
650 0 $aLandscape architecture$zEngland$xDesigns and plans.
650 0 $aManors$zEngland.
655 7 $aAquatints$zEngland$y1802.$2aat
700 1 $aRepton, J. Adey$q(John Adey),$d1775-1860.
740 01 $aRepton on landscape-gardening and architecture.
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911 $aDe Belder Collection
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