Book, Glimpses of Māori Land

Maker
Butler, Annie R
The Religious Tract Society
Production date
1886

Object detail

Brief Description
Book by Annie Butler entitled: Glimpses of Māori Land. Dated 1886.

Annie Butler describes her trip to New Zealand in 1880, her visit to Wellington and Napier where she meet Bishop William William's family, as well as her visit to Hukarere Girls School and Te Aute Boys School. From Napier she travelled to Wairoa, Gisborne, Auckland and the Waikato. Many of the people she visits are from the Anglican Church working as ministers or missionaries.

There are ten illustrations throughout the book, most of which are of Māori and Māori life. One shows Hukarere Girls' School in Napier.

Published by The Religious Tract Society.
Production date
1886
Production place
Production technique
Media/Materials description
Green linen hard cover, gold embossed printing on the spine and cover, a gold embossed drawing of two whare with Maori outside on the front cover, the spine has a Maori male head printed on it in gold, printed on paper with black ink.
Measurements
Height x Width: 222 x 144mm
Signature/Inscription
Ko te Matauranga te Kaha Russell Duncan, Bookplate, Handwritten
Hawkes Bay Art Society, Bookplate, Printed
Stamp of two opposing arrows from Russell Duncan's bookplate., Stamp, Stamp
Subject period
Subject date
1880
Credit line
from the Russell Duncan Collection
Other number(s)
919.31 But, 422, 49555

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