Library of the late Harry & Virginia Walton
Auckland. Sketches [of] Scraps, Ferns & Fancies, comprising: 22 specimens of ferns, all captioned in manuscript, 8 Albumen prints, 1 botanical watercolour signed T C, 1888 3pp. of signatures including that of Baptist pastor Thomas Spurgeon, his brother Charles Spurgeon and artist Charles Blomfield and pieces of ephemera relating to the Auckland Tabernacle Baptist Church. Bound in polished Kauri binding with carved Totara leaf decoration and silver metal fern in centre with initials CB. Gilt Morocco spine housed in red velvet-lined Kauri box, with carved detailing and inset photograph of Maori girl. 10,000 - 15,000