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Book: Landscape Gardening and Landscape Architecture, edited by John Claudius Loudon (J.C.L )
Chapter: Biography of the Late Humphry Repton, Esq.

List of Humphry Repton's books and other published works

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The following is a List of Mr. Repton's published works, of which, those only that treat on landscape gardening are reprinted in the present volume:- The Hundred of North Erpingham, in the History of Norfolk, &c. 1781. 8vo. The Bee; or, a Critique on the Exhibition of Paintings at Somerset House. 1788. 8vo. Variety; a Collection of Essays. 1788. 12mo. The Bee; a Critique on the Shakspeare Gallery. 1789. 8vo. Letter to Uvedale Price, Esq. on Landscape Gardening. 1794. 4to. Sketches and Hints on Landscape Gardening; collected from Designs and Observations now in the possession of the different Noblemen and Gentlemen for whose use they were originally made: the whole tending to establish fixed Principles in the Art of laying out Ground; 16 coloured Plates. Lond. 1795. Oblong quarto. 2l. 12s. 6d. Observations on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; including some remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture; collected from various MSS. in the possession of different Noblemen and Gentlemen: the whole tending to establish fixed Principles in the respective Arts; with many Plates. Lond. 1803. 4to. 5l. 5s. Odd Whims; being a republication of some Papers in Variety; with a Comedy, and other Poems. Lond. 1804. 2 vols. 12mo. An Inquiry into the Changes of Taste in Landscape Gardening; to which are added, some Observations on its Theory and Practice, including a Defence of the Art. Lond. 1806. 8vo. 5s. Designs for the Pavillon at Brighton; humbly inscribed to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales. Including an Inquiry into the Changes of Architecture, as it relates to the Palaces and Houses in England. By H. Repton, Esq. with the assistance of his Sons, John Adey Repton, F. A.S., and G. S. Repton, Architects. Lond. 1808. Folio. 6l. On the supposed Effects of Ivy upon Trees. Trans. Linn. Soc. 1810. Vol. xi. p. 27. Fragments on the Theory and Practice of Landscape Gardening; including some Remarks on Grecian and Gothic Architecture; collected from various Manuscripts in the possession of the different Noblemen and Gentlemen for whose use they were originally written: tending to establish fixed Principles in the respective Arts. By H. Repton, Esq. assisted by his Son, J. Adey Repton, F.A.S Lond. 1816. 4to. 6l.