Rev william yate (1 Ergebnisse)
Weitere BilderVerlag: Seeley and Burnside, London 1835
- Hardcover
- Erstausgabe
Anbieter: Rooke Books PBFA, Bath, Vereinigtes KönigreichRooke Books PBFA
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EUR 471,63
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In den WarenkorbCloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. First edition. A smartly bound, first edition of this detailed and illustrated account of the Church Missionary Society's formation in New Zealand, written by one of the earliest New Zealand missionaries, the Rev. William Yate. First edition. Rebound in cloth, with the endpapers renewed. Illustr…ated with a folding map and ten plates, one of which is hand coloured.Collated, complete. The work of the Rev. William Yate, an English Christian missionary working for the Church Mission Society. Yate arrived in New Zealand in 1828 and quickly introduced himself to the Maori community, after previously learning the language. Yate brought with him a small printing press, notable for being the first press in New Zealand, with which he produced a version of the third catechism in Maori. This work covers the formation and progress of the Church Missionary Society in New Zealand, however it also presents the customs, geography, nature and history of the country.Yate continued to work for the mission until 1834, when he was dismissed due to controversial reports of his sexual encounters with a number of young Maori men.With a few ink notations from a previous owner. Rebound in cloth, with the endpapers renewed. Externally, excellent, with light wear to the extremities and the odd mark. Internally, firmly bound. Pages are bright and generally clean, with some spots to the first few pages and heavier spots to the folding map. A few ink notations from a previous owner to the margins. Very Good Indeed. Not Stated (illustrator). book.
