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Repton (Humphry). Odd Whims; and Miscellanies, 2 volumes, 1st edition, London: printed for William Miller by W. Bulmer, 1804, stipple-engraved vignette title to each volume by H. R. Cook after Repton, 10 hand-coloured aquatint plates by J. Stadler after Repton, bound without half-titles, occasional light offsetting from plates to text, burgundy morocco gilt bookplate of W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey to front pastedown of each volume, bookseller ticket of T. James, Southampton to volume II (removed from volume I), all edges gilt, later crimson full morocco, covers with gilt panel and foliate corner pieces within triple fillet border, spines with raised bands, lettered and decorated in gilt (a trifle rubbed at ends), 8vo (Quantity: 2) Provenance: W. A. Foyle, Beeleigh Abbey (bookplates). Abbey Life 247. Large Paper copy. A collection of occasional pieces, including Odd Whims or Two at a Time, a play in the style of Sheridan, written in 1783 when Repton was attempting a career as a writer, before going on to become the foremost landscape gardener of his age.