Published in Paris, in French, Silvestre's book is the only guidebook in the case clearly intended for a foreign audience. Drawing upon knowledge gained from several trips to Italy, he published engravings of the highlights and thus embarked on a…
Whitcombe and Tombs were New Zealand's leading publishers of household manuals, on both cooking and gardening. At the end of the 1st World War, they began a series of New Zealand Practical Handbooks. For amateur gardeners, the series provided advice…
Upper centre (u.c.) in pencil: Upper portion of Port Cooper from hills behind Rapaki. April 1844. Hills over which road might be formed to Great Plain. Gt plain; verso: [94/271]
Lower left (l.l.) in ink: Upper Moutere; verso mount in pencil: MT Woollaston Nelson 2 landscapes - Upper Moutere & Motueka 6 gns Made 1944. These 2 drawings were exhibited Chch Group 1945. Lower one is of a hop kiln & mountain at at Motueka; label:…