REPTON, Humphry. The Red Books of Humphry Repton. London: The Basilisk Press, 1976.

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REPTON, Humphry. The Red Books of Humphry Repton. London: The Basilisk Press, 1976.

4 volumes, oblong 4o (214 x 289mm) and 2o (435 x 326mm). Red quarter morocco, marbled-paper-covered boards; slipcases, housed in larger slipcase.

LIMITED EDITION, number 470 of 500 sets of these superb facsimiles, reproducing Repton's "before and after" watercolors of his landscape designs, comprising three volumes of Repton's "Red Books" for Antony House, Attingham Park and Sheringham Hall, with an explanatory volume by Edward Malins with photographs of the houses and their grounds by Eric de Maré. (4)

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