BROWSE THIS AUCTION
Show: List View | Slide Show

Wanderings of a Pilgrim: In search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenna [Presentation Copy] - Fanny  Parkes - Antiquarian Books: In Pursuit of the Picturesque
  Quick Zoom | Large
Fanny Parkes (1794 - 1875)

Wanderings of a Pilgrim: In search of the picturesque, during four-and-twenty years in the East; with revelations of life in the Zenna [Presentation Copy]

Fanny Parkes, Wanderings of a Pilgrim: In search of the Picturesque, During Four-and-Twenty Years in the East; with Revelations of Life in the Zenna London: Pelham Richardson, 1850

A two-volume edition
Volume I: xxxv and 479 pages; frontispiece showing Lord Ganesha and 27 plates, some of them coloured
Volume II: xv and 523 pages; frontispiece showing gilted Lord Krishna and Gopis and 22 plates, some of them coloured along with folding chart 'Elevation of the Himalayas' in back pocket

Original navy-blue buckram with gilt illustration of Kartikeya on covers and of a young Lord Krishna playing the flute on the spines of both volumes, new end papers
29.2 x 20.3 x 5 cm (each)

Estimate









Need help? Please check our guides on How to Bid. Auction Tips and FAQs.
Email [email protected], [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Tel: +91 22 6855 4100 (Mumbai); +1 212 627 5006 (USA); +44(0) 20 7409 7974(UK); +91 11 2436 9415 (New Delhi)