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Named Person: | Humphry Repton; Humphry Repton; Humphry Repton |
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Material Type: | Internet resource |
Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
All Authors / Contributors: |
Humphry Repton; Edward Greenway Malins |
OCLC Number: | 2752273 |
Notes: | Only v. 4 has general t.p. Vols. 1-3 have only special t.p., with general title appearing in colophon. Vols. 1-3 are full-color facsimiles of 3 of Humphry Repton's numerous "red books," manuscripts containing proposals, with hand-colored sketches, for landscaping the estates of his English clients. The mss. were prepared in 1812, 1792, and 1798, respectively. "Five hundred and fifteen sets have been printed, of which five hundred are for sale"--Colophon. |
Description: | 1 case (4 volumes) : illustrations (some color), plans (some color) ; 48 cm |
Contents: | v. 1. Plans for Sherringham in Norfolk, the property of Abbot Upcher, Esq. / by H. Repton, assisted in the architecture by his son, I.A. Repton -- v. 2. Antony House in Cornwall, a seat of Reginald Pole Carew, Esq., M.P. -- v. 3. Attingham in Shropshire, a seat of the Right Honble. Lord Berwick -- v. 4. Explanatory volume / Edward Malins. |
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