Augustus Koch. Mapmaker. dahlias and verbena added colour

dahlias and verbena added colour for the full season

clippings pasted to front end paper

All plants are listed with Maori

A biography of the enigmatic Australian artist who made three 19th century visits to Queensland (and also one to New Zealand)

Augustus Koch. Mapmaker. dahlias and verbena added colourRolf W. Brednich. German born Koch settled in New Zealand in 1858. Hie brought with him one of the first lithographic presses and became the finest mapmaker in the country, working for the Dept. of Lands and Survey. Complete with his memoirs, this work illuminates the exploration and documentation of early European New Zealand. Superb full colour reproductions of some of his maps. A very large and impressive publication. 425mmx300mm. Steel Roberts