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New Zealand Fern Book, new Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig…
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New Zealand Fern Book, new Zealand Ferns mounted by Eric Craig c1890s. Modern rebacking, quarter leather. Decorative carved kauri boards. French polished, bevelled edges. Moire EPs. Vertical split to upper board. Page extremities browned, extremities chipped. Some losses to arrangements. 60 heavy cardboard leaves hinged in linen. Latin labels mounted with a few handwritten. Craig's binding label mounted, & his stamp with decorative border on first page. Each fern frond springs from a base of bright green mosses or small portions of other ferns added as decoration ' the scientific plant name only applies to the central frond. Craig created a 'Fern Depot' in Princes Street, Auckland, which became known as 'Eric Craig's Fern and Curiosity Shop'. Af. Fair to Good condition. Height 46 cm Width 30 cm.
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