Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
New Zealand ferns : 167 varieties
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Eric Craig
Place
Date
1888?
Physical Description
104 pages : all illustrations ; 28 cm
Language
English
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Related Object Notes
QH72 CRA Catalogue of botanical, ethnological, conchological and natural history specimens on sale by Eric Craig at the Curiosity Shop, Princes St., Auckland, New Zealand
PH-RES-4181 Craig's Museum, Princes Street
Subject Category
Provenance Details
Inscribed on inside front cover: W.W. Webb, Martins Bay, Otago, New Zealand, June 1890
Public Access Text
[Keywords: Nature prints--New Zealand]
Advertisement on back cover. "Dobbie [Herbert Boucher Dobbie] handed plates over to Craig who added and rearranged selection ..." New Zealand National Bibliography, vol. 2, page 343. Album of cyanotype prints of ferns. AWMM holds a large number of fern specimens donated by Eric Craig in the Herbarium.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Eric Craig (1829-1923) was a collector, publisher and dealer of natural history and ethnography, who ran a curio business called ?The Fern and Curiosity Dealer? near to the old Auckland Museum on Princes Street in Auckland. See link in this record to an obituary from the New Zealand Herald, 11 April 1923.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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