FEATON, Mrs and Edward Henry

The Art Album of New Zealand Flora; being a systematic and popular description of the native flowering plants of New Zealand and the adjacent islands Volume I (only one published)

Wellington: Bock & Cousins, 1889. 4to. Soft cover. Three separate parts of Vol 1. as originally issued. Original decorated, printed wrappers. Complete with 40 highly coloured plates.Wide margins. Title and content pages in Part III as issued. This classic work gives gives a general coverage of New Zealand species, with descriptions of discovery, naming etc. The 40 locally-printed chromolithographs are outstanding. Two further volumes were planned but never were published. A particularly rare set of the three parts as first issued, with the finest 40 brightly coloured plates of the indigenous flora of New Zealand. Very Good. Item #020737

Price: $1,250.00 NZD