Catalogue
Catalogue
Object Type
Name/Title
Rambles in New Zealand
Primary Maker
Contributor/Publisher
Pegasus Press
Place
Date
1952
Physical Description
viii, 127 pages : map ; 22 cm
Collection
Level of Current Record
Bib record
Member Object
Edition/State/Version
Reprint
Subject Category
Provenance Details
An ex Libris bookplate 'K.M. Little' on inside front board.
Content
Includes introduction by C.R.H. Taylor and a short biography of Bidwell the botanist by H.H. Allan.
Public Access Text
One of 'An edition of 350 copies of which 325 are for sale'--inside flap of cover. Reprint of the 1841 edition published: London: W. S. Orr.
Associated Notes
Subject Notes
Bidwill was a New South Wales merchant and amateur botanist. He
arrived in NZ in 1839 and spent two years travelling in the interior of
the North Island collecting botanical and other scientific specimens & sending them to Professor Lindley, later complaining he had done nothing with them and that Dr Dieffenbach, who collected later had received the credit for their discovery.
Collection Type
Reserve Collection
General Collection
Copyright
All rights reserved
Last Update
19 Dec 2023
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