Augustus Koch. Mapmaker. All plants are listed with

All plants are listed with Maori

Full page photographs throughout

A guide to the cultivation of hostas

A biography of the enigmatic Australian artist who made three 19th century visits to Queensland (and also one to New Zealand)

Augustus Koch. Mapmaker. All plants are listed withRolf W. Brednich. German born Koch settled in New Zealand in 1858. Hie brought with him one of the first lithographic presses and became the finest mapmaker in the country, working for the Dept. of Lands and Survey. Complete with his memoirs, this work illuminates the exploration and documentation of early European New Zealand. Superb full colour reproductions of some of his maps. A very large and impressive publication. 425mmx300mm. Steel Roberts