Lot 9
9
BREES, S.C. Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London: John Williams and Co., Library of Art, 1847. Folio (368 x 273 mm). Letterpress title-page and descriptions of plates. Hand-colored engraved title-page and 67 hand-colored engraved views on 22 plates, one double-page. (Title-page and first two leaves loose.) Original gilt- and blind-decorated cloth, edges gilt (new endpapers).
BREES, S.C. Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London: John Williams and Co., Library of Art, 1847. Folio (368 x 273 mm). Letterpress title-page and descriptions of plates. Hand-colored engraved title-page and 67 hand-colored engraved views on 22 plates, one double-page. (Title-page and first two leaves loose.) Original gilt- and blind-decorated cloth, edges gilt (new endpapers).

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BREES, S.C. Pictorial Illustrations of New Zealand. London: John Williams and Co., Library of Art, 1847. Folio (368 x 273 mm). Letterpress title-page and descriptions of plates. Hand-colored engraved title-page and 67 hand-colored engraved views on 22 plates, one double-page. (Title-page and first two leaves loose.) Original gilt- and blind-decorated cloth, edges gilt (new endpapers).
FIRST EDITION. Rare.