Booklet, Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand
Maker
Colenso, William
Harding, Robert Coupland
Production date
1888
Object detail
Brief Description
A booklet written by William Colenso titled: Fifty Years Ago in New Zealand. A Commemoration: A Jubilee Paper: A Retrospect: A Plain and True Story.
William Colenso came to New Zealand in 1834 as printer to the Church Missionary Society. The booklet provides an account of the introduction of printing in New Zealand and issuing the first portion of the New Testament, with remarks on the characters or alphabet used in the edition and on the New Zealand language generally. The title page records that the text was read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute on 17 October 1887.
Two illustrations appear in the booklet, one representing Paihia, the other Waitangi.
William Colenso came to New Zealand in 1834 as printer to the Church Missionary Society. The booklet provides an account of the introduction of printing in New Zealand and issuing the first portion of the New Testament, with remarks on the characters or alphabet used in the edition and on the New Zealand language generally. The title page records that the text was read before the Hawke's Bay Philosophical Institute on 17 October 1887.
Two illustrations appear in the booklet, one representing Paihia, the other Waitangi.
Edition/State/Version
First edition
Production date
1888
Production place
Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Grey paper cover, printed in black ink, bound through spine by string.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Length x Width x Height: 216 x 136 x 5mm
Signature/Inscription
NAPIER WORKING MENS' CLUB LIBRARY, Stamp, Stamped
The Working Mens' Club, with the author's compliments., Inscription, Handwritten
LOCAL COLLECTION, Stamp, Stamped
HAWKES BAY ART SOCIETY, Bookplate, Printed
Presented by Mrs J. A Louis Hay / 4.11.57, Inscription, Handwritten
The Working Mens' Club, with the author's compliments., Inscription, Handwritten
LOCAL COLLECTION, Stamp, Stamped
HAWKES BAY ART SOCIETY, Bookplate, Printed
Presented by Mrs J. A Louis Hay / 4.11.57, Inscription, Handwritten
Classification terms
Subject person
Subject date
1888
Other number(s)
4759, Pam B6 Col, 18144
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