New Zealand Scenery, chromolithographed after watercolour drawings by John Gully With descriptive letterpress by Dr Julius von Haast
London: Marcus Ward, 1877. Folio. Hardcover. Title, Introduction, letterpress descriptions of the images in full page size. 12 of 15 mounted coloured plates (missing Wanganui, Ruapehu, Bush vegetation). On the verso of each plate is an original label describing the image and also on the lower margin of each chromolithograph is a pencil title of the image. Minor marginal foxing. The images are generally clean. Original green cloth boards with inset NZ scenery in red. In folder form with the plates loose. Includes 7 spare pages of text. The highly-coloured chromolithographs are the feature of this work, one of the few early New Zealand plate books. Good. Item #020339
Price: $1,900.00 NZD