Lot 58
  • 58

Brees, Samuel Charles

Estimate
300 - 500 GBP
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Description

  • Pictorial illustrations of New Zealand. London: John Williams and Co., 1849
  • paper
Folio (367 x 270mm.), engraved additional title, and 65 illustrations on 21 plates, one double-page, publisher's red cloth, upper cover titled and decorated in gilt, flat spine, gilt edges, housed in a clamshell red half morocco box by Bayntun (Riviere), modern lower endpaper, rebacked retaining original spine, some marks to covers, box rubbed

Provenance

Rex de Charembac Nan Kivell (1898–1977), New Zealand-born art collector, bookplate in lid of box

Literature

Bagnall 647; Hocken p.131

Condition

Condition is described in the main body of the cataloguing, where appropriate.
"In response to your inquiry, we are pleased to provide you with a general report of the condition of the property described above. Since we are not professional conservators or restorers, we urge you to consult with a restorer or conservator of your choice who will be better able to provide a detailed, professional report. Prospective buyers should inspect each lot to satisfy themselves as to condition and must understand that any statement made by Sotheby's is merely a subjective, qualified opinion. Prospective buyers should also refer to any Important Notices regarding this sale, which are printed in the Sale Catalogue.
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Catalogue Note

THE NAN KIVELL COPY. 'These exquisite steel plates, by Henry Melville, from the author's drawings, represent views and buildings, chiefly in Wellington and neighbourhood; also of Porirua, Wairarapa, the Hutt, Wanganui, New Plymouth, and Korarika ... Brees went to New Zealand in the "Brougham" October, 1841, and succeeded Capt. William Mein Smith, the first Principal Surveyor' (Hocken).

See also: Bagnall, St. C.M. Murray-Oliver & Curnow, S.C. Brees, Artist and Surveyor (Alexander Turnball Library, Occasional publications No 2 (n.s.), reprinted from the Turnball Library Record Vol 1 (n.s.) No 4 November 1968. (This publication notes that the 1849 edition was published without 2 maps which appear in some other editions of this work).