Real Gold
Subtitle: Treasures of Auckland City Libraries
Publisher: Auckland University Press
Published: November 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 224
ISBN-13: 9781869403966
Subjects: Acquisitions & collection development; Antiques & collectables: books, manuscripts, ephemera & printed matter; Literary Collections; Literature - Classics / Criticism; Literature: Classics; New Zealand; Australia & New Zealand - General; Australian & Oceanian; Literary Collections / Australian & Oceanian
Description: Real gold celebrates the rich variety of the Sir George Grey Special Collections at Auckland City Libraries. The featured treasures are grouped in several sections such as New Zealand, Auckland, book arts, travel, literature and science. Among the treasures shown are a First folio of Shakespeare, a six-page catechism - the first book printed in Maori in New Zealand, maps and sketches of early Auckland, letters from Florence Nightingale to Sir George Grey, the score and lyrics of God defend New Zealand, Maori language manuscripts, medieval illuminated manuscripts.