SPL Hand Coloured Rare Book Collection Featuring Norman R Bobins

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BARRAUD, Charles Decimus.
W.T.L. Travers (ed).
New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive.

Published
London: Samson Low & Co., 1877.
References
Bagnall NZ Nat Bibliography 320; Hocken 303; Bobins 320.
Plates
25
Binding/Size
L=FOLIO
Value
0-5000
Published
London: Samson Low & Co., 1877.
Ref
5604

Folio, 40pp., preface, dedication page, contents leaf, subscribers list, map, 25 mounted coloured chromolithographed plates, plus title and six uncoloured plates, 31 woodcut illustrations in text. Modern half calf over original cloth, gilt embossed title, and decorative vignette to upper board. Boards rubbed and worn in places. Views selected from the provincial districts, with descriptions. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. The Remarkables. 2. Wellington Harbour. 3. Wairarapa Lake. 4. Opaki Plain. 5. Rangitikei. 6. Mount Egmont. 7. Auckland Harbour. 8. Tarawera Lake. 9. Te Tarata. 10. Otukapuarangi. 11. Orakei Korako. 12. Lake Taupo. 13. Pukawa Lake. 14. Picton Harbour. 15. Clarence River. 16. Nelson Harbour. 17. Littleton Harbour. 18. Mount Alford. 19. Craigieburn. 20. Mount Cook. 21. Port Chambers. 22. Lake Wakatipu. 23. Lake Mavora. 24. Hokitika River. 25. Otira Gorge.