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• Auction House:
  Webb's
• Sale Name:
  Bethunes Rare Books
• Sale Date:
  12 Dec 2013 ~ 12noon
• Lot #:
  10
• Lot Description:
  Kunst, Phillip
  A Maori phrase book, intended for new-comers : being words and sentences in Maori with their significations in English
• Notes:
  2nd ed. Auckland : Printed by Philip Kunst and sold by all booksellers, [1863?], 12mo. 32 p. Rebound in red leather. Wear to corners. Carries the bookplate of esteemed collector W H De Luen. New endpapers. Hinges discretely reinforced. Small, neat inscription in pencil to endpaper. Wear and slight tears to original contents. Several neat annotations throughout. Previous edition printed in 1861. 'Kunst printed 'He Pukapuka Whakaatu', and letters from Bishop Pompallier, in 1863, after which date his imprint has not been noted. This work is attributed by Hocken to O C Davis; but, as against that view, it must be noted that it differs materially from the little book issued by him 1874 ; this has no exercises, but the vocabularies and sentences are fuller' - Williams. Scarce. G-.
• Estimate:
  NZ$150 - 150
• Realised Price:
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• Category:
  Books & Manuscripts

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