Humphry Repton (1752-1818) - "The Red Books of Humphry Repto...

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Humphry Repton (1752-1818) - "The Red Books of Humphry Repton", four volumes, comprising - "Sheringham Hall", "Antony House", "Attingham Park", and an Explanatory Volume by Edward Malins, published by The Basilisk Press, London, 1976, limited edition no. 488/515 (of which only 500 were for sale), quarter red Moroccco with marbled boards, gilt, housed in individual slipcases within a brown box, and Humphry Repton (1752-1818) - "Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening", published by Phaidon Press, London, 1980, No. 444/445, a facsimile of the first publication in 1803, one quarter brown calf over brown cloth board volume, in brown cloth slip case

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