ROBINSON, W(illiam).   HOME LANDSCAPES.   With Views taken in the Farms, Woods, and Pleasure Grounds of Gravetye Manor. Second Edition, with pictures of old English Houses showing the value of natural form in relation to good building: to compare with the disfigurement of the Dutch and Continental Gardens.       London: John Murray,   1920.          A lavish volume illustrated with lovely gravure plates from photographs by George Champion showing views of the landscape at Robinson's estate at Gravetye Manor. Added to this second edition are 24 additional pages of text and a supplement containing 12 plates with views of other English landscapes selected to illustrate Robinson's theories of garden design.   Folio (33 x 26.5 cm); xii + 98 + (4, numbered 75 - 78) + (4) pp. + 44 gravure plates.            Original cloth, very lightly rubbed at extremities only, but about a fine copy. $700.00

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