Yale Center for British Art

Creator:
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818
Title:
Fragments on the theory and practice of landscape gardening : including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic architecture, collected from various manuscripts in 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 / by H. Repton, esq. ; assisted by his son, J. Adey Repton, F.A.S.
Published / Created:
London : Printed by T. Bensley and Son, Bolt Court, Fleet Street, for J. Taylor, at the Architectural Library, High Holborn, 1816.
Physical Description:
xii, 238, [2] pages, [43] leaves of plates : illustrations ; 35 cm
Collection:
Rare Books and Manuscripts
Copyright Status:
Public Domain
Related Content:
View a selection of digital images in the Yale Center for British Art's online catalogue https://collections.britishart.yale.edu/catalog/orbis:1770781
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Aquatints after drawings by Humphry Repton. A number of the plates have overlays, showing changes to the landscapes (in the manner of the Red Books produced by Repton).
Subject Terms:
Landscape gardening. | Architecture, Domestic. | Taylor, J. -- Publisher. | T. Bensley and son -- Printer. | Beaumont, Richard Blackett -- Bookplate. | Sneyd, C. M. -- Autograph. | Gott, Benjamin -- Bookplate. | Jennings, Annie Burr, Miss -- Bookplate.
Form/Genre:
Fore-edge paintings (Binding) | Aquatints -- 1816. | Aquatints -- Hand-colored -- 1816. | Overlays. | Wood engravings -- 1816. | Publisher's advertisements.
Contributors:
Repton, J. Adey (John Adey), 1775-1860.