Observations On The Theory And Practice Of Landscape Gardening Including Some Remarks On Grecian

by Humphry Repton

$12,500 · Offered by Donald A. Heald Rare Books · No longer available

First edition

Uncut in original printed pink paper boards. Rebacked in pink paper at an early date. A spectacular copy, uncut in original printed boards, of the first edition: a classic work on landscape gardening in which Repton lays out and illustrates what he considered to be the fixed principles which should be adhered to in any large-scale landscape improvement. Humphry Repton was the main successor to Lancelot 'Capability' Brown as an improver of grounds for the English

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