Edward Parry Books

Focusing on the preservation of legal wisdom, this classical work is significant in the fields of law and jurisprudence, particularly in the context of the United Kingdom and Ireland. Alpha Editions has modernized the text through careful reformatting and redesign, ensuring clarity and readability for contemporary readers. This effort aims to keep the insights and teachings of the original work accessible for future generations, highlighting its enduring importance in the study of advocacy and legal principles.

John Parker held the living of two parishes either side of the Welsh border, first at Llanmerewig near Newtown and later at Llanyblodwel; he made dramatic changes to both churches which are described in his original paintings. The book, an introduction to Parker’s life and travels, examines his achievements as a landscape artist and a recorder of the architecture and furnishings of churches, castles and country houses. His meticulous records of churches show the buildings before Victorian restorers altered them so drastically. Topographically and architecturally accurate, his watercolours and pencil drawings are of immense cultural value. He is, the author argues, unduly neglected and deserves to be considered among the most gifted of the many artists who recorded the landscape of Snowdonia. The Glories and Wildness… lavishly illustrated with his paintings and drawings, introduces Parker to the wider audience which he deserves.