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The man who invented the ‘landscape gardener.’ After Capability Brown, England’s greatest landscape designer was Humphry Repton (1752–1818) — the man who coined the very term. In this compact Shire Library volume, garden historian Laura Mayer introduces his remarkable life and work.
Repton entered the profession at thirty-six, boldly positioning himself as Brown’s successor. His genius lay not only in design but in presentation: his famous Red Books — red-leather-bound volumes with ingenious hinged overlays — showed clients the ‘before’ and ‘after’ of his proposals at a glance. Over a prolific career he advised on more than four hundred estates, from Woburn Abbey to Sheringham Park, blending the naturalistic style he inherited with a new taste for variety, colour, and formal gardens near the house.
Richly illustrated and accessibly written, this is the perfect introduction to the man who shaped how Georgian and Regency England saw its countryside — essential for garden lovers, historians, and anyone curious about the art of landscape.
After Capability Brown, England’s greatest landscape designer was Humphry Repton (1752–1818) — the man who coined the very term ‘landscape gardener’. In this compact volume from Shire’s celebrated Library series, garden historian Laura Mayer introduces his remarkable life and work.
Repton entered the profession at thirty-six, boldly positioning himself as Brown’s successor. His genius lay not only in design but in presentation: his famous Red Books — luxurious red-leather-bound volumes with ingenious hinged overlays — showed clients the ‘before’ and ‘after’ of his proposals at a glance. Over a prolific career he advised on more than four hundred estates, from Woburn Abbey to Sheringham Park, blending the naturalistic style he inherited with a new taste for variety, colour, and formal gardens near the house.
Richly illustrated and accessibly written, Humphry Repton is the perfect introduction to the man who shaped how Georgian and Regency England saw its countryside — an essential read for garden lovers, historians, and anyone curious about the art of landscape.
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