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BREES, S.C. - Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand
Estimate:
$6,000 - $8,000
Sold
$3,200
Timed Auction
201 Rare Books
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Description
BREES, S.C.
Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand
by S.C. Brees late Principal Engineer and Surveyor to the New Zealand Company.
London: 1847 [John Williams and Co]. One of the rare hand-coloured copies, pagination: Coloured title page including engravings [1 & 2], 62 engravings 20 l., [engravings 3-64 on plates [2]-21] 1 double page plate [panorama 3 engravings]. Contents mainly clean a few light spots.
There is no text, appears to be a rare hand-coloured example of the 1847 edition. 380mm, bound into pink papered boards, titled in black print ‘Pictures of New Zealand’, cloth spine, worn at edges with small losses to the paper.
These exquisite steel plates by Henry Melville, from the author’s drawings represent views and buildings....' Hocken 132.
Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand
by S.C. Brees late Principal Engineer and Surveyor to the New Zealand Company.
London: 1847 [John Williams and Co]. One of the rare hand-coloured copies, pagination: Coloured title page including engravings [1 & 2], 62 engravings 20 l., [engravings 3-64 on plates [2]-21] 1 double page plate [panorama 3 engravings]. Contents mainly clean a few light spots.
There is no text, appears to be a rare hand-coloured example of the 1847 edition. 380mm, bound into pink papered boards, titled in black print ‘Pictures of New Zealand’, cloth spine, worn at edges with small losses to the paper.
These exquisite steel plates by Henry Melville, from the author’s drawings represent views and buildings....' Hocken 132.
Condition
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