Author(s): Edward Gibbon Wakefield

New Zealand History | Antiquarian/Classics/Rare

The British Colonization of New Zealand; Being an Account of the Principles, Objects, and Plans of the New Zealand Association; Together with Particulars Concerning the Position, Extent, Soil and Climate, Natural Productions, and Native...of New Zealand.

pp. 423, only includes 2 maps (one folding), 3 engravings. Including NZ map. Early handwritten title page, else very good copy in quarter calf and original boards. A classic New Zealand work by the founder of the New Zealand Company, published some five months after the author arrived in Wellington. It sets out the principles of colonization in New Zealand, its particular suitability for the experiment here, plans for Maoris, government, and churches. Gives relevant information for the forthcoming settler on the climate, conditions, trade and shipping. A good, working copy, in an attractive binding, rare.