Hocken : prince of collectors /
"Dr Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910) arrived in Dunedin in 1862, aged 26. Throughout his busy life as a medical practitioner he amassed books, manuscripts, sketches, maps and photographs of early New Zealand. Much of his initial collecting focused on the early discovery narratives of James Coo...
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| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
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Dunedin, New Zealand :
Otago University Press,
2015.
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| Online Access: | Contributor biographical information Publisher description |
| Summary: | "Dr Thomas Morland Hocken (1836-1910) arrived in Dunedin in 1862, aged 26. Throughout his busy life as a medical practitioner he amassed books, manuscripts, sketches, maps and photographs of early New Zealand. Much of his initial collecting focused on the early discovery narratives of James Cook; along with the writings of Rev. Samuel Marsden and his contemporaries; Edward Gibbon Wakefield and the New Zealand Company; and Maori, especially in the south. He gifted his collection to the University of Otago in 1910. Hocken was a contemporary of New Zealand's other two notable early book collectors, Sir George Grey and Alexander Turnbull. In this ... a companion volume to his Amassing Treasures for All Times: Sir George Grey, colonial bookman and collector, Donald Kerr examines Hocken's collecting activities and his vital contribution to preserving the history of New Zealand's early post-contact period"--Jacket flap. |
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| Physical Description: | 424 pages, xl pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 25 cm |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references. |
| ISBN: | 9781877578663 1877578665 |