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- Description:
- xii, 238 pages, 2 unnumbered pages, 42] leaves of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 35 cm
- Variant Title:
- Spine title: Repton's fragments on landscape gardening
- Published:
- London : Printed by T. Bensley and Son ... for J. Taylor at the Architectural Library ..., 1816.
- Language:
- English
- Cited In:
- Abbey, J.R. Scenery of Great Britain and Ireland in aquatint and lithography, 1770-1860, 391
Tooley, R.V. English books with coloured plates, 398
Hardie, M. English coloured books, page 129
Prideaux, S.T. Aquatint engraving, page 349
- Notes:
- Includes headpieces and tailpieces.
List of illustrations printed on page [1] at end. Errata printed at foot of page.
Illustrated with aquatint plates, 22 of which are hand-colored. Some illustrations include sliding panels, showing a landscape in its original condition. An overlay then lifts or slides back to reveal the landscape after Reton's suggested improvements.
Verso of final leaf blank.
Signatures: [a]⁴ b² B-2H⁴
Includes bibliographical references and index of plates.
- Local Notes:
- RBC copy: Bound in half calf with marbled boards, rebacked; title in gilt on spine; calf on boards decorated in gilt; top edge stained black; other edges trimmed. Bookplate of William Wentworth Fitzwilliam, with text: "Milton, Peterborough." Armorial bookplate: "C.F.J. Beausire."
- OCLC Number:
- 4823472
- Other Identifiers:
- LCCN: 12027040
Unspecified Standard Number: PML 151033
Unspecified Standard Number (canceled or invalid): JPW 1025