Lot 357

F. Tyzack Parbury, The Emerald Set with Pearls. London (around 1910).

Estimate
€ 200
Starting Price
€ 140
Lot: 357
Category: Geography and work of views
Artist: Florence Tyzack Parbury
Tyzack Parbury, Florence: The Emerald set with pearls being reminiscences of the beautiful land of Kashmir, with illustrations from water-colour drawings by F. Parbury also Thomas Moore's "Lalla Rookh" with musical additions. London: Simpkin, Marshall, Hamilton, Kent & Co. Ltd. (around 1910). 29,9 x 24,1 cm. With 1 frontispiece and 30 further illustrations, most of them in colour, mostly mounted on green card, plus 1 colour map. 218 pp., 1 fol., 37 pp. (music). Original green linen.

(Slight signs of age and wear. The edges and corners have damage to the cover.)

In 1901, the British musician and painter F. Parbury travelled to India with her mother and spent several months travelling around the Kashmir region. The illustrations were based on the author’s paintings.