Accession number
PML 46451
Creator
Repton, Humphry, 1752-1818.
Published
London : Printed for J.C. Stadler ... and sold by Boydell and Co. ... Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme ... White ... Cadell and Davies ... [and 3 others in London and 1 in Holborn] : Printed by Howlett and Brimmer, Columbian Press ..., [ca. 1822]
Credit line
Gift of Henry S. and Junius S. Morgan, 1954.
Notes
Reprint of the edition of 1808 with the text completely reset. Cf. Abbey.
According to Abbey the plates are unaltered from the 1808 edition, except that the wear of the engraved surface is disguised by the heavier use of color and in this ed. the frontispiece is also colored, which it was not in the 1808 ed.
"An inquiry into the changes in architecture, as it relates to palaces and houses in England with some remarks on the introduction of Indian architecture," p. [13]-41, has separate title page.
Plates in aquatint by J.C. Stadler after the author and dated 1808 (7 with movable overslips), finished by hand.
According to Abbey the plates are unaltered from the 1808 edition, except that the wear of the engraved surface is disguised by the heavier use of color and in this ed. the frontispiece is also colored, which it was not in the 1808 ed.
"An inquiry into the changes in architecture, as it relates to palaces and houses in England with some remarks on the introduction of Indian architecture," p. [13]-41, has separate title page.
Plates in aquatint by J.C. Stadler after the author and dated 1808 (7 with movable overslips), finished by hand.
Description
[4], x, 41 p., 9 leaves of plates (some folded) : ill. ; 54 cm.
Provenance
Armorial bookplate of Richard Cope; from the collections of Jane Norton Grew Morgan (Mrs. J. P. Morgan, Jr.) and her sons Henry S. and Junius S. Morgan.
Binding
Original boards, with printed label on front cover pricing the work at six guineas.
Classification
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