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  3. The Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture of the Late Humphry Repton, Esq.
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  • Publisher:
    Cambridge University Press
    Publication date:
    05 October 2014
    24 October 2013
    ISBN:
    9781107337343
    9781108066174
    DOI:
    https://doi.org/10.1017/CBO9781107337343
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    Dimensions:
    (216 x 140 mm)
    Weight & Pages:
    0.83kg, 660 Pages
    • Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Art, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Architecture
    Series:
    Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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    Subjects:
    Plant Sciences, Life Sciences, Art, Natural Resource Management, Agriculture, Horticulture and forestry, Architecture
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    Cambridge Library Collection - Botany and Horticulture
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    By the beginning of the nineteenth century, landscape gardening had divided into at least two branches. The geometric style promoted strictly ordered gardens, while the natural style, for which the period is known, preserved characteristics of untamed vistas. Edited by a former professional rival, John Claudius Loudon (1783–1843), this one-volume collection of the works of Humphry Repton (1752–1818) first appeared in 1840. Featuring more than 250 engravings, it illuminates the principal styles and contemporary debates of landscape design. Including perspective tricks to disguise differing water levels, and instructions on the use of cattle as a natural measure of scale, Repton's writings reflect the attention to detail that was involved in planning and executing major projects. The collection is prefaced with a biographical notice believed to have been written by the architect John Adey Repton (1775–1860), who collaborated with his father on many schemes.

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