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REPTON, Humphry.
Odd Whims; and Miscellanies.
Humphry Repton (1752 - 1818) was the last great English landscape designer of the eighteenth century, often regarded as the successor to Capability Brown. He is well-known for his fine books on Architecture and Landscape Gardening. Repton sowed the seeds of the more intricate and eclectic styles of the 19th century. His Odd Whims; and Miscellanies (1804) were dedicated to William Windham, the British Whig Statesman. Some of the essays in Variety were reprinted in this collection, and in the second volume is Odd Whims, or Two at a Time; a Comedy, Written in the year 1783, which was played at Ipswich in 1804.
- Published
- London: William Miller. 1804.
- References
- Abbey Life 246.
- Plates
- 10
- Binding/Size
- S=8vo
- Value
- 0-5000
- Published
- London: William Miller. 1804.
- Ref
- 696
2 vols. 8vo. pp. xiv 171; vi 164. Engraved title vignettes and ten hand-coloured engraved plates. Contemporary speckled calf, gilt pattern to boards, spine with raised bands with elaborate gilt compartments, morocco title label to second compartment, re-spinned. Marbled endpapers. Both the text and the illustrations were provided by Repton for this amusing publication which includes the essays 'On Love' 'On Cheating' 'Voyage to the Moon,' 'To the Hon. Mrs. B. and her two Sisters in 1783 with some Norfolk dried Apples and a Glee' 'On a Clog found in the Carriage which had taken home Miss Marsh and two other Ladies' and a play entitled 'Odd Whims or Two at a Time; a Comedy in Five Acts.' Bookplate of 'R. Dyneley' to front pastedowns. Coloured plates in order: Volume 1. 1. A View of Life and the Mountain of Calamity. 2. The Hall of Silence. 3. [On Fashion in Dress] 1745 - 1787 - 1804. 4. The Bashful Man. 5. The Friar's Tale. Volume 2. 6. Sir Geoffry Oddwhim / Lady Jane / Charlotte / Pearson. 7. Sir Geoffry & Sir James Oddwhim. 8. Charlotte & Madame Crepon. 9. Lady Jane & Lord Blazon. 10. Peerson / Stanley / Sir Geoffry / Ruki / Tim.
