The Rowan Gibbs Book Collection
Thursday, 16 November - Thursday, 14 December 2023
Hannah John - Critica Novazealandica Futura
Estimate $400 - $600
Realised: $200 plus premium
Lot Details
Full titile: "Critica Novazealandica Futura. A Notable and Right Marvellous Edition of the Melodrame of Old Mother Hubbord, foreseen in the vista of futurity by the telescopic art of that most erudite Doctor Alfraganus Trismegistus. To be published in the country of New Zealand A.D.3211, and now pre-brought-forth for the edification of the English reader.". The British Anteprint. W.P. Grant, Cambridge; Chapman and Hall, London, 1837. 32pp, 8vo in plain wrappers as issued, title-page printed in red and black, soiling, light scattered foxing. The Ken Webster copy, preserved in a specially-made half-marocco box. Bagnall 2462.
