Book, A History of the Birds of New Zealand
Maker
Buller, Walter Lawry
Keulemans, Johannes Gerardus
John Van Voorst
Production date
1873
Current rights
Public Domain
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Brief Description
The book is titled: A History of the Birds of New Zealand. It was illustrated by Johannes Keuleman and written by Walter Lawry Buller, Resident Magistrate of Wanganui, New Zealand. There is a gold embossed lithograph of a takahe on the front cover.
There is a list of subscribers for the book including Charles Darwin and Dr Joseph Hooker. The frontispiece depicts a Dinornis giganteus, commonly known as the moa, and 35 coloured plates of New Zealand native birds.
The introduction gives a short history of the avifauna and notes on some of the natural sections. The descriptive information is full, giving native and superseded names, diagnosis in Latin and English, and much general and subsidiary information, including a description of the adult bird, the difference in appearance between male and female, varieties, the nestlings and general remarks.
There is a list of subscribers for the book including Charles Darwin and Dr Joseph Hooker. The frontispiece depicts a Dinornis giganteus, commonly known as the moa, and 35 coloured plates of New Zealand native birds.
The introduction gives a short history of the avifauna and notes on some of the natural sections. The descriptive information is full, giving native and superseded names, diagnosis in Latin and English, and much general and subsidiary information, including a description of the adult bird, the difference in appearance between male and female, varieties, the nestlings and general remarks.
Edition/State/Version
First Edition
Collection
Maker
Production date
1873
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Production period
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Red leather spine and corners, gilt blocked spines, cloth cover, gold embossed takahe motifs and printing on the front cover. Watercolour and crayon lithographs. Printed using black ink on paper.
Media/Materials
Measurements
Height x Width: 320 x 260mm
Signature/Inscription
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Hawke's Bay Art Gallery & Museum, Stamp, Stamp
Hawke's Bay Art Gallery & Museum, Stamp, Stamp
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Subject period
Subject date
1873
Current rights
Public Domain
Credit line
gifted by Lady Florence McLean
Other number(s)
38/220, MMC507, 598.2 Bul, 1114, 39015
Accession number
38/220
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