Written and Illustrated by Honoria D. Marsh. With a chapter “Jane Austen’s Family in silhouette” together with a table showing Jane Austen’s Family and Chronology of Events During her Life-time by Peggy Hickman.
MARSH, Honoria D.
London - Parry Jackman Limited - 1975. - [4],[XL], [206], [X] pp. - 31 x 23,5 cm. - Original peach silk cloth binding with gilt decoration
Limited Edition. Published to commemorate the bicentenary of Jane Austen’s birth. Contains ninety-two beautiful colour plates by Honoria Marsh, depicting characters as silhouettes or ‘shades’ from Jane Austen’s books accompanied by synopses and quotations from the novels. The artist used over eighty of her friends and acquaintances as sitters, including some direct descendants of the novelist, dressed in accurate period clothing. As new in original cardboard box, No. 76 of 2000 copies. Keywords:// Fraai gebonden bibliofiele uitgave met silhouetten van hoofdfiguren uit de boeken van Jane Austen /
