Thursday, February 18, 2010

FERN ALBUM BY ERIC CRAIG Ca1880

An large impressive album of 117 different New Zealand Ferns collected and compiled by Eric Craig Ca 1880.
Mottled Kauri boards, 61 pages of pressed ferns each measuring 18" x 10 1/2 inches,
- Mr Eric Craig of Princes St, Auckland. Eric Craig (1829-1923) was a collector, publisher and dealer of natural history and ethnography, who ran a curio business called “The Fern and Curiosity Shop” near to the old Auckland museum.
for more information
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sold thanks Christchurch











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