Sketches And Hints On Landscape Gardening Collected From Designs And Observations Now In The
$28,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books
First edition
Bound to style in 18th-century half calf, 18th-century marbled paper boards. Spine gilt in 6 ruled compartments, red morocco lettering piece First edition of the first and rarest of Repton's three great works on landscape gardening. One of only 250 copies printed. Humphry Repton was the main successor to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown as an improver of grounds for the English gentry in the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. He was particularly noted for his
- Binding: Leather
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