Item Description: A.H. & A.W. Reed, Wellington, NZ, 1966. Heavy Folio (22"x15"). Book Condition: Near Fine. In original wood box. There are 60 colour plates with descriptive text opposite, printed on one side. This is a very good copy purchased by me in 1966: one of only 750 copies published. The original (now selling for over $US20,000) was first published in ten parts in 1846-47, by Thomas McLean, London. There were 188 subscribers Reed publishers accurately copied the original by offset lithography. The paper was made specially to accurately reflect the original edition.
"George French Angas (1822-1886) English explorer, naturalist and painter, and eldest son of George Fife Angas, businessman and banker, who had played a significant part in the formation and establishment of the Colony of South Australia. Arriving in Adelaide in January 1844, Angas joined Sir George Grey on several expeditions into the interior of South Australia, documenting his impressions of the newly established colony, its inhabitants, landscape, and its flora and fauna. Angas also spent seven months in New Zealand when these illustrations were completed.