Folio, subscription list, additional hand-coloured title, title page. 60 hand-coloured lithographs. Later red morocco over red cloth boards with gilt filet and matching title label to upper board. Spine decorated in gilt with raised bands and lettering in gilt. All edges gilt, marbled endpapers. Angus states that he visited both islands in order to learn as much as possible about the Maoris and the changes that were going on in their social and physical condition so that people in England should have a better idea of them. He said he succeeded in getting portraits of the most essential chiefs and their families, making sketches on the spot. Coloured plates in order: 1. Title page. 2. Honi Heki and Patuone. 3. Taranaki or Mount Egmont, War Canoe. (Early Morning) 4. Ngeungeu and her son James Maxwell. 5. Rangihaeata's House on the Oslamd of Mana, called "Kai Tangata" (eat man). 6. Te Awaitaia and Te Moanaroa: Waingaroa. 7. Scene in New Zealand Forest near Porirua. 8. Nga Toenga, daughter of the Barrier Island Chief. 9. Volcano of Tongariro with Motupoi Pah, from Roto-Aire Lake. 10. E Wai and Kahoki. Nieces of Rauparaka. 11. Monument to Tewhero's favourite daughter, at Raroera Pah, near Otawhao. 12. Hongi Hongi. 13. Roperta of Kawhia [and] George Thomas, a half-caste boy. Nephew of Rauparaha. 14. E Rua, E Pari, and E Hoki, women of Ngatitoa Tribe, Cook's Strait. 15. A woman and her sons of Nga Ti Toa Tribe. Cook's Strait. 16. Tu Kaitote, the Pah of Te Whero Whero, on the Waikato, Taupiri Mountains in the distance. 17. Te Mutu, chief of the Shutai, with his sons; Patuoni and Te Kuri Hokianga. 18. Nene or Tamiti Waka. Chief of Hokianga. 19. Te Henheu's Old Pah of Waitahanui, at Taupo Lake. 20. E Wai (wife) / Na Horua or Tom Street (elder brother of Rauparaha) / Tuarau, or Kopai (his son). 21. E Pori / E Rangi Wawa. Porirua Pah. 22. House of Hiwikau, mother of Te Heuneu, and Falls of Ko Waihi, at Te Rapa, Tanpo Lake. 23. Children on the Banks of the Waipa / Children at the Boiling Springs, near Taupo Lake. 24. Tomb of the late chief Huriwenua, Queen Charlotte's Sound. 25. Rangitakina. A chief of the Bay of Plenty on the East Coast. 26. Maketu House, Otawhao Pah. Built by Puatia to commemorate the taking of Maketu. 27. E Tohi. A young woman of Barrier Island. 28. Mungakahu, chief of Motupoi, and his wife Ko Mari. 29. The Volcanic region of Pumice Hills, looking toward Tongariro and the Ruapahu. 30. Horomona Maruhau or Blind Solomon. 31. Whatas, or Patukas, storehouses for food. 32. Natives of Port Nicholson (4 figs). 33. Motupoi Pah and Roto-Aire Lake. Tongariro in the distance. 34. Poahu and E Koti; two lads of Poverty Bay / Children of Te Pakaru, the chief of Kawhia. 35. Tara or Irirangi, principal chief of the Nga Ti Tai Tribe. 36. Paratene Maioha, a chief of Waingaroa. Wearing the Parawal, or Dog's skin Robe. 37. A Feast at Mata-Ta, on the East Coast / Throwing the Spear, the mode of Salutation. 38. To Ngaporutu, and his wife, Rihe, at Wakatumutu / Ngawhea, of the Te Mohoa, a chief of the Ngatimaniapoto Tribe & Nga Miho 'Wife of Rangituataea'. 39. Entrancevto a House at Raroera Pah. Waipa. 40. Native Ornaments etc. (17 figs). 41. A group at Te Aro Pah, Port Nicholson. 42. Te Ohu, a Heathen Priest of the Ngatimaniapotp Tribe / Ko Tauwaki, a chief of the Tukanu, Ko Teonionga, a boy of Te Rapa. Taupo Lake. 43. Ornamental Canoe Heads, Paddles, etc. (7 figs). 44. Te Maro, a boy of Waikato / Te Amotutu. A young chief of Nga-Ti-Pou Tribe / Ko Tariu. a chief of Taupo, with ihs wife. 45. Te Werowero, or Potatau. The principal chief of all Waikato / Te Waru. Principal chief of the Nga Ti Apakura Tribe / Te Pakuru. Principal chief of the Nga Ti Manapoto Tribe. 46. Weeping over a deceased chief. 47. Ornamental Carvings in Wood (7 figs). 48. Ko Nga Waka Te Karaka, (or Clark), the Christian Chief of the Nga-ti-Wacroa Tribe, Waikato and Wakauenuku, his attendant boy. 49. Taupo Pah. 50. Typical Portraits of the New Zealanders (6 figs). 51. Native Tombs (5 figs). 52. Muriwhenua / Kahawai. 53. A Tangui, or Meeting of Friends, Mount Egmont in the distance. 54. Native Swing / War Dance, before the Pah of Oinemutu near Roturua Lake. 55. Toea, daughter of Te Awaitaia, chief of Waingaroa, with an attendant boy, carrying water. 56. Implements & Domestic Economy (14 figs). 57. Te Heuheu & Hiwikaw. Tanpo / Te Kawaw & his nephew Orakai. 58. Rangihaeata's Pah; with the Island of Mana and the opposite shores of Cook's Strait. 59. Weapons & Implements of War. Warriors preparing for a fight (9 figs). 60. Domestic Sketches (5 figs). 61. A Tiki at Raroera Pah.