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| Shopify Unique ID: | 10592197640484 |
| SKU: | A5/2606/0365/K556 |
| Trademe Reference: | PR1407 (1159) |
| Category: |
Biographies: New Zealand Rare & Collectible (Pre-1950) |
| New / Used: | Used |
Description
NINE MONTHS RESIDENCE IN NEW ZEALAND IN 1827
by Augustus Earle
DESCRIPTION
Format: small cloth board hardcover with gilt lettering
Published: Whitcombe & Tombs 1909, 1st edition
Size (mm): 130 w x 195 h x 30 h
Pages: 232
SKU: A5/2606/0365/K556
ABOUT
Biography of Augustus Earle (1793-1838) who travelled to New Zealand and was a professional watercolour artist specialising in colonial themes.
He exhibited at the Royal Academy from the age of thirteen and in 1815 travelled to the Mediterranean. He spent the next fifteen years touring the world and in 1832, was briefly employed by Darwin on H.M.S. Beagle.
The first part of the book describes Earle's experiences in New Zealand, where he observed in detail the lifestyle of the pre-colonial Māori and the early European settlers. The second part tells how in 1824 Earle, travelling from Rio to Cape Town, found himself left behind on the Atlantic island of Tristan da Cunha and spent eight months sharing the simple life of the tiny British community there.
Includes monochrome fine line illustrations.
CONDITION
Immaculate with only light wear/spine fading on covers, faint marks on end papers and page edges.
IMAGES
Are of the actual item and depict all need to know detail.
REMARKS
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