Xv, 288. Quarter Calf Over Marbled Paper Covered Boards, Tips Strengthened With Vellum, Neatly Re-Backed, With New Red Morocco Spine Label. Contents Tall [21.2 Cm]. First Edition, 1794, Scarce. , Absolutely Square, No Names Or Marks; Small Mid-Twentieth Century Owner's Name On Front Pastedown. First Edition. An Important Contribution To The Nationwide Controversy That Developed At The End Of The 18Th Century Among People Of Education And Taste On The Merits Of The Picturesque Style Of Landscape Gardening As Against The Smoother Effects Of Capability Brown And Humphrey Repton. Price Advocates Here The First Clear Statement Of The Picturesque Ideal [After William Gilpin's Works On The Subject], Reconciling Burke And Sir Joshua Reynolds. Seller Inventory # 025180

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Title: An Essay On The Picturesque, As Compared ...

Publisher: J. Robson, London

Publication Date: 1794

Binding: Calf / Boards

Condition: Near Fine

Edition: First Edition

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Fine and unusual first editions and out of print books in all categories. Original photographs, Fine antiquarian and other original prints, paintings, drawings and watercolors. Motion picture and television scripts. Ephemera, Manuscripts and autographs. In business on the internet since 1999. Open by appointment only, in Pasadena, California.

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