ANGAS (GEORGE FRENCH) The New Zealanders Illustrated, FIRST EDITION, SUBSCRIBER'S COPY, additional hand-coloured pictorial lithographed title-page, lithographed dedication leaf, 60 hand-coloured lithographed plates, list of subscribers, spotting, contemporary half brown russia over green cloth, g.e., rebacked, rubbed [Abbey Travel 589; Tooley 61], folio (543 x 380mm.), Thomas M'Lean, 1847 Footnotes: Angas travelled over eight hundred miles on foot in remote regions of New Zealand, noting in the preface that 'by seeking out nearly every tribe of natives, and living amongst them for some time... I have succeeded in obtaining portraits of the most important Chiefs', with the aim of recording their habits, costumes and works of art 'so rapidly disappearing before the progress of Christianity and Civilization'. Provenance: Edward George Geoffrey Smith Stanley (1799-1869), 14th Earl of Derby, Prime Minister between 1866 and 1868, and subscriber to the work, bookplate. This lot is subject to the following lot symbols: • • Zero rated for VAT, no VAT will be added to the Hammer Price or the Buyer's Premium. For further information on this lot please visit Bonhams.com For further information about this lot please visit the lot listing