Author(s): Ernest Dieffenbach

Travel | Antiquarian/Classics/Rare | Maori | World Languages | Early New Zealand | New Zealand History

Travels in New Zealand; with contributions to the Geography, Geology, Botan y and Natural History of that Country 2 Vols

2 Vols, pp.vii,431; iv,396,4 (adverts), Vignette title, without plates. Handsome half calf with marbled boards. Deals extensively with the Maoris, their culture and traditions and has a long section on the Maori language, with a grammar and dictionary. An important and rare early New Zealand classic, from which much information was taken for subsequent works.  A rare early edition.