Unique album presented to the Duke and Duchess of York by the citizens of South Canterbury, New Zealand, during the royal visit in March 1927: with an illuminated address and original watercolours.

A$8,000 · Offered by Douglas Stewart Fine Books

Large square quarto, 310 x 280 mm, purple suede over bevelled boards (virtually unrubbed), front board with gilt-tooled decoration and lettering South Canterbury, New Zealand, 16th March 1927 , lower board also decorated in gilt; all edges gilt; silk endpapers; [14] leaves of white card, the first [6] containing an elaborate illuminated address headed To Your Royal Highnesses The Duke and Duchess of York, Timaru N.Z. 16th March 1927 , the last two leaves of the address with the signatures of the fourteen leading civic dignitaries of South Canterbury; followed by [7] leaves each with an original watercolour mounted at centre and with manuscript caption beneath these are all unsigned topographical views of Mount Cook, Lake Wakatipu, Mitre Peak, Pohutu Geyser (Rotorua), The Dragon s Mouth (Rotorua), Champagne Cauldron (Rotorua), and Caroline Bay (Timaru), the watercolours in uniform 160 x 110 mm format except the Caroline Bay view which is a 120 x 300 mm folding panorama; and [1] leaf with a Children s Greeting in calligraphic manuscript, by W. Thomas, Rector of Timaru Boys High School; the verso of the rear endpaper has a mounted card with note in manuscript: Designed and illuminated by the Religious of the Sacred Heart at their Convent of the Sacred Heart, Timaru, N.Z. ; tissue guards intact throughout; a unique and stunning album, the illuminated address leaves and the watercolour mounts all exceptionally well preserved. The Duke and Duchess of York, 1927. Like the Prince of

• Binding: Hardcover

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