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Monumental Folio Books 

These large folio books are all in excellent condition and are still in their original packaged boxes. Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific is #75 in the 2000 hand numbered copies available

 

Captain Cook's Artists in the Pacific

1769 - 1779

Compiled by: Anthony Murray-Oliver                 Published by: Avon Fine Prints Ltd

Historical Artwork, Plates and Documentation related to the artists who accompanied Captain James Cook on his Pacific voyages

Issued in an oblong quarto volume and housed in a blue presentation slipcase

 

The New Zealanders Illustrated

Historical work of 60 hand coloured lithographs published in London in 1847 by George French Angas

This book documents Maori, Taonga (treasures), carved Wharenui details and landscapes from the mid 19th Century, serving as a cornerstone of early New Zealand pictorial and travel literature

 

Portraits of the New Zealand Maori

Painted in 1844

George French Angas

This large format edition reproduces watercolour paintings from George French Angas 1844 travels through New Zealand.

It compiles historical plates and portraits that were left out of him most famous original publication of The New Zealanders Illustrated

 

New Zealand Graphic and Descriptive

Originally illustrated by Charles Decimus Barraud with text by W.T.L. Travers

First published in London in 1877

This large folio features chromolithographs and engravings of early New Zealand landscapes

 

 

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