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Number 32 of 445 copies produced. Quarto (340mm x 298mm). 8pp of introduction by John Martin Robinson, 222pp, 1pp index. Printed on Sommerville cream parchment paper. 38 tissue-guarded plates, some folding, many in colour, 14 of which have overlays, and one colour diagram.
Quarter brown calf over brown buckram boards. Leather label to spine. Raised bands, gilt. Marbled end papers. Top edge gilt. With the original slipcase. Contents clean and fresh. Very good in very good slipcase.
An excellent facsimile of Repton’s iconic work, first published in 1803. The work includes elements of the missing Red Books for Bulstrode, Corsham, Gayhurst, Shardeloes and West Wycombe.