New Zealand landscape
Date
1863
Creator - Organisation
Cotta'sche Verlagsbuchhandlung, Publisher
Object type
Library reference
RCN14633
Material
Dimensions
height (print): 275mm
width (print): 185mm
width (print): 185mm
Subject
Content object
Description
Decorative design featuring a New Zealand landscape of forest, a waterfall and an active volcano.
Detail from the front cover of the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
The scene appears as an oval cartouche on the book’s front board, surrounded by Māori-inspired patterning within the cloth binding.
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Detail from the front cover of the book Neu-Seeland by Ferdinand von Hochstetter (Stuttgart, 1863).
The scene appears as an oval cartouche on the book’s front board, surrounded by Māori-inspired patterning within the cloth binding.
Christian Gottlieb Ferdinand Ritter von Hochstetter (1829-1884), German geologist active in Austria and New Zealand.
Associated place