Birds of New Zealand
Date
1882
Creator
George Didsbury (1839 - 1893, Australian-born New Zealand) , Printer
Material
Dimensions
height (object): 244mm
width (object): 152mm
width (object): 152mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Decorative book cover design featuring the little spotted kiwi, or little grey kiwi (Apteryx owenii) with book title and author details within a scrolled border.
Front cover of the book Manual of the birds of New Zealand by Walter L. Buller (George Didsbury, Wellington, 1882).
This cover contains a detail from plate 21A within the main body of the book. The original plate is inscribed ‘THE GREY KIWI. APTERYX OWENI’.
Sir Walter Lawry Buller (1838-1906) New Zealand ornithologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879.
Front cover of the book Manual of the birds of New Zealand by Walter L. Buller (George Didsbury, Wellington, 1882).
This cover contains a detail from plate 21A within the main body of the book. The original plate is inscribed ‘THE GREY KIWI. APTERYX OWENI’.
Sir Walter Lawry Buller (1838-1906) New Zealand ornithologist was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society in 1879.
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