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New Zealand Bulletin
Bookplates, Book Labels, and Handwritten
Inscriptions in aNew Zealand Colonial
Library
RUTH LIGHTBOURNE
The Victorian era saw the establishment of many of the Commonwealth's
libraries. One of these was New Zealand's Parliamentary Library (formerly the
General Assembly Library), which was established in Auckland in 1858 before
moving to Wellington in 1865 when that city became the capital. Its collection
policy was wide-ranging as befitted the needs of parliamentarians, and, in addition to its regular purchases, the General Assembly Library accepted donations
from individuals. Some of these donations were rare and of great value. Most of
the pre-1800 material has since found its way into the Special Printed Collections
of the Alexander Turnbull Library, but, fortunately for the book historian, a significant proportion of the General Assembly Library's early collection, with its
large concentration ofnineteenth-century imprints has survived and is now known
as the Mangaroa Collection. 1
Indications of provenance such as bookplates, book labels, book stamps,
handwritten inscriptions, trade stickers, and subscription lists are immediately
apparent. Other indications include armorial bindings, auctioneers' sale catalogues,
and various nineteenth-century library catalogues, both public and private. Some
of the books containing these provenance indications were added to the collection through the normal purchasing channels, which included second-hand booksellers. Others were donated by individuals. The origins of many of these private
donations cannot now be traced. The General Assembly Library's only extant
donation catalogue is the first (and perhaps only) one dating from 1854. This
unpaged catalogue contains a list of donors, individual and corporate, who
presented books to the Library between 1854 and 1897. It is arranged according
to date of deposit, name of donor, and title of book.2 While the first recorded
donation is 1854, this was a retrospective entry, the next entry being in 1866 with
the 100 titles donated by W.B.D. Mantell.3
This article focuses on bookplates, book labels, and handwritten inscriptions,
and, where possible, traces the routes of the items concerned to New Zealand. 4
There are a number of personal bookplates and, to a lesser extent, book labels.
The bookplates are armorial and most incorporate the owner's name or initials.
All are attached to the front pastedown and most are representative of the 19th
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century. The book labels also occur in the front of the book, but not necessarily in
a regular position.
Bookplates have passed through a variety of styles, making it possible to date
most on their design alone, if not exactly, at least reasonably accurately.s The
nineteenth-century armorial style, where the shield tended to be four-square in
shape, often with ears (also known as the die-sinker style), is strongly represented
in the majority of plates discussed in this article. Exceptions are the spade-shield
shape more typical of the period 1770 to 1800, and a circular bookplate, which
represents the nineteenth-century liking for seal-shaped plates. Two plates contain a crest only. In some cases the names on the bookplates or labels are established historical figures or have known connections to New Zealand. For these it
is possible to establish a train ofprovenance. One such example is Waiter Baldcock
Durrant Mantell (1820-1895).
Mantell, who arrived in New Zealand in 1840, was a public servant, naturalist,
and Member of Parliament from 1861 to 1865. He died in Wellington in 1895. 6
Most of the items donated by Mantell contain a presentation plate saying that he
presented them to the General Assembly Library in Jamlary 1867. This was a
large donation of 100 items that included many rare and valuable works, most of
which were later transferred to the Alexander Turnbull Library in the 1970s.
These 100 titles are listed in the donation catalogue of l:he General Assembly
Library.7 The post-1800 imprints were not part of this transfer, and some if not
all remain extant in the Mangaroa Collection.
One ofthese is Symes'sAccount ofan Embassy to the Kingdom ofAva (1800).8 It also
contains the bookplate of an owner previous to Mantell: Sir T. Stamford Raffles.
Raffles (1781-1826), at one time Lieutenant-Governor of Java and the person
responsible for establishing the British colony of Singapore, later wrote a history
on the island of Java and no doubt this particular three-volume work with the
accompanying fourth volume of plates was used in the preparation ofthe book. 9
While the complete set was originally part of the Mantell donation, the volume
of plates is at present unaccounted for. 10
Also listed among the 100 titles donated by Mantell and containing presentation plates, are two book-sale catalogues. Both are auctioneers' copies marked
with the prices obtained and in one case the names ofthe successful bidders. Both
originate from significant London firms. One is a list of the items from the
library ofJames Edwards Esq. auctioned by R. H. Evans in 1815, and the other, a
catalogue of items' from the library of Charles Bedford auctioned by Leigh and S.
Sotheby in 1807,11 Both bear the handwritten inscription "Matara" (the name
given Mantell by the Maori),12 followed by initials that are probably "WM," and
the dates obtained: 1856 in the case ofthe Edwards catalogue, and what looks like
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Figure 1. Bookplate of Sir T.
Stamford Raifles.
1886 for the Bedford catalogue. If correctly read, the date 1886 is puzzling,
since the date of presentation to the
General Assembly Library is 1867. It
could be 2.rgued that the 1886 is a poorly
written 1856.
Not listed as one of the Mantell donations in the General Assembly Library's
"Catalogue of Donations," nor containing a presentation label, but in all probability originating from W. B. D.
Mantell are two items: the Description of
the
Picturesque Beauties ... ofthe
Isle of Wight (1816) by Henry C.
Englefield, and Watson's Memoirs ofthe
Ancient Earls ofWanen and Surrey (1782),13 The former bears the handwritten in-
scription "Gideon Algernon Mantell / Crescent Lodge, / Clapham Common." The latter has the inscription "Gideon Mantell" on
the front flyleaf ofthe second volume. G. A.
Mantell was a medical practitioner, prominent palaeontologist and geologist. He was
also W. B. D. Mantell's father. 14 Since both
titles are recorded in the General Assembly
Library's published catalogue (1876),15 they
were clearly held at that time. The first volume of Watson's Memoirs also contains the
bookplate ofBenj[ami]n Godfrey Hindus. 16
No information on Hindus has been found.
Another easily established train of provenance is that of Felix Wakefield (18071875) - a brother of Edward Gibbon
Wakefie1d, a leading player in the colonisation of New Zealand. The book containing
his bookplate, RaphaelD'Urbin (1860),17 also
Figure 2. Bookplate of
Benj[ami]n Codfrey
Hindus.
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contains a label on the recto of the first front flyleaf
denoting that the book was donated to the General
Assembly Library by Edward VVakefield Esq. ofWe1lington NZ, in 1867. There were two persons with
this name alive at that time. Perhaps the most likely
is Felix's son who lived 1845-1924. He was partly
educated in France, and was confidential clerk to Premier Edward Stafford and his successor William Fox
in the late 1860s. 18 The other is Edward Jerningham
Wakefield (1820-1879), the son of Edward Gibbon Wakefield. E.]. Wakefield :represented WellingFigure 3. Bookplate of Felix ton City on the Provincial Council from 1857 to
Wakefield. The crest has been 1861, and was a member of the House of Reprepartly obscured by the plate of sentatives for Christchurch City from 1871 to 1875.
the General Assembly
However, since he was probably resident in CanterLibrary.
bury in New Zealand's South Island in the 1860s,
he is less likely to be the donor on this occasion.19
It will be observed that Edward Wakefield donated RapbaelD'Urbin prior to
the death of its owner Felix Wakefield. A number of items from Felix's library
may have been given to Edward when Felix made one ofhi.s trips back to England. It was not uncommon for residents to sell or give away their libraries before
making the trip Home. 2Q
Some items in the Mangaroa Collection have originated from the Herries and
Stansfield families. William Herries emigrated to New Zealand in 1881. He was
elected a Member of Parliament in 1896, retaining his seat until his death in
1923, and was knighted in 1920.21 A number of books from his library contain
specially printed book labels stating that Herries presented them to the General
Assembly Library.22 In addition, some contain inscriptions giving further information about Herries. One such volume is Samuel Smiles's, The Huguenots (1870),23
which has the following inscription: "William Herries / Honoris causa / from
].W.H. / St Michael's School / AIdin House / June 1871."
While it is clear that books containing the Herries presentation label were
presented to the General Assembly Library by Herries, others, which were probably donated at the same time, contain only handwritten inscriptions to identify
their connection to the Herries donation. These are from the Stansfield family, a
member of which married into the Herries family.24
One is Saintine's Picciola (1837).25This book bears the inscription: "E C Stansfie1d
Esholt Hall," with the addition underneath (perhaps in another hand) of "Mrs
Herries /Frimley Park."26 Another is a first edition of George Sand's Andri
(1835),27 which bears the inscription: "Wo R. C. Stansfield / Esholt Hall."W.
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R. C. Stansfield, or William Rookes Crompton--5tansfield (l790-1871), was
also the owner of a four-volume edition of Boswell's Life of Samuel ]ohnson,
which has clear indications of provenance to both families. 28 W. R. C.
Stansfield, the first owner, has written on the front pastedown: "Esholt Hall /
Nov. 1853 / W R C-S," and the second owner, clearly the William Herries
who emigrated to New Zealand, has written on the verso of the first front
flyleaf: "W. Herries / Shaftesbury / Te Aroha."29
Likewise connected to the Herries family are the book labels of Q!1een's
College, Cork on the front pastedown ofLingard's History ofEngland (1855),
and Jukes's The Students Manual of Geology (1872).30 Both the Lingard and
Jukes volumes, which are also examples of the armorial binding style, contain
the Herries presentation label. Unfortunately, in both cases, the General Assembly Library has pasted its own book label OVf:r the one from Q!1een's College, thus obscuring the recipient. It is possible that this was William Herries's
wife, Catherine Louisa Roche, who originated from County Cork. 31
Another item which may be connected to the Herries donation, but which contains neither a presentation plate nor a hand-written inscription, is the seventeenvolumePinkerton's Voyages and Travels (1808-1814).32 On the front pastedown of
each volume is the bookplate of Marmaduke Con-stable MaA"Well. Constable-Maxwell is the family
name of Baron Herries of Everingham Park, near
York.
There were several members of the Constable
Maxwell family with the name Marmaduke in the:
19 th century. Perhaps the most likely is the
Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell who lived from 1760
to 1819, since his dates are contemporaneous with
the date of publication. He was a keen traveller and
would no doubt have been an interested follower of
Figure 4. Bookplate of
Pinkerton's many voyages. This Constable-Maxwell
Marmaduke
Constable
also kept his own travel journals, and these now form
Maxwell
part of the Landed Family and Estate Papers in the
Archives and Special Collections at Brynmor
The .route to New
Zealand ofthis seventeen-volume set was almost undoubtedly through the emigration to this country in the 1860s of Robert, Wilfred, and Edward Constable, nephews of a later Marmaduke Constable-Maxwell, 11th Lord Herries (1837-1908).
Another book containing indications of two former owners is Turnbull's Voyage
Around the World (1813).34 Handwritten on the bookplate of its first owner, is the
name of its subsequent owner. The bookplate establishes the original owner (to
date untraced) as Sinckler Porter.
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The inscription "T[homas] JeffIerso]n Hogg, Univ[ersity] Coll[egeJ, Oxon" identifies the second owner as Thomas Jefferson Hogg. T. J. Hog;g (1792-1862) was a
close associate of the poet Percy Bysshe Shelley and, somewhat notoriously, of
Shelley's two wives, Harriet and Mary.35 Hogg
was also the author ofa Lift ofPercy Bysshe Shelley
published in 1858. HowTurnbull's VoyageAround
the World came to be part of the General Assembly Library is unknown, although two possibilities are Alexander \Vilson Hogg and
Robert Hogg.
Alexander Wilson Hogg, goldminer,journalist, politician and educationalist, was a New
Zealand MP from 1890.36 He was born in Glasgowin 1841 and arrived in New Zealand about
1876. He was also a member of the first council of Victoria CollegeY Following his death
in 1920, his papers were given to the AlexanFigure 5. Bookplate of
der Turnbull Library.38 Robert Hogg (1864Binckler Porter.
1941) was also born in Glasgow and, like A.
W. Hogg, of no immediately apparent relationship to Thomas Jefferson Hogg.
Socialist, journalist, newspaper editor and poet, Robert Hogg emigrated to New
Zealand in 1900. He maintained a life-long love of Scottish literature and was an
honorary bard ofthe Glasgow United Burns Clubs, and a foundation member of
the Wellington Burns Club. He claimed to be descended from James Hogg, a
Scottish poet considered second only to Robert Burns. Robe:rt Hogg accumulated
an extensive collection of Scottish literature, which he bequeathed to the Alexander Turnbull Library.39 It is possible that either A. W. Hogg or R. Hogg could
have held the item once belonging to Thomas J efferson Hogg in
their collections.
While the above volumes with their plates, labels, or inscriptions Can be linked
to New Zealand with varying degrees of certainty, the following present more of
a problem. The names of some of the owners, however, can be verified. James
Heywood Markland (1788-1864), for example, owner of the History of Persia
(1815),40 was an early member of the bibliophilic Roxburghe Club, joining at its
second meeting in 1813. 41 The sizeable library he amassed during his lifetime
was dispersed at his death. Markland was elected Fellow of the Society of Antiquaries (F.S.A.) in 1809, acting as its director from 1827 to 1829. He was also a
Fellow of the Royal Society (F.R.S.).42
Another Fellow ofthe Society ofAntiquaries was Coryndon H. Luxmoore. His
bookplate is found in the miniature fourteen-volume set of British dramas. 43 The
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arms, crest, and motto on his plate confirm that he was a member ofthe Luxmoore
family of Kerslake. 44
Also verifiable is Henry Lord Langdale
(1783-1851), otherwise known as Henry
Bickersteth, and John Leycester Adolphus
(1795-1862). Langdale was educated at
Cambridge, entered the legal profession,
and became King's Counsel in 1827. In
1836 he was sworn a member of the
Privy Council, and in the same month
was appointed Master of the Rolls
(M.R.). He was also a trustee of the British Museum in the 1840s and 1850s. 45
The item containing his bookplate is
Mahon's History of the War of the Succession in Spain (1832).46 The plate of Oxford-educated barrister and author John
Leycester Adolphus can be found in the
distinctively bound Lesage, Histoi7'e de Gil Figure 6. Bookplate oflames Heywood
Bias de Santillane (1809).47
Markland F.R.S. S.A.
Two items containing the bookplate of
Wasey Sterry are also distinctively bound: Clapperton's ]oumal ofa SecondExpedition
into the Interior ofAfrica (1829), and Denham and Clapperton's Nan'ative ofTravels
and Discoveries in Northern and CentralAfrica (1826).48 Wasey Sterry probably belonged to the Southwark Sterry line. There were several generations to be christened with this name. The most likely owner of this bookplate is either the attorney and solicitor Wasey Sterry (1800-1842)
or his grandson, also trained in law, SirWasey
Sterry (bapt.1866-1955). Perhaps the more
likely is the younger ofthe two, since he spent
a good proportion of his adult life in Northern Africa. This particular Wasey Sterry entered the British Colonial Service in 1901 and
was assigned to the Sudan to serve as judge in
the courts there. He later became ChiefJustice and, in 1917, Legal Secretary to the colo-
Figure 7. Bo?kplate of Coryndon H
Lu:cmoore F. SA.
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Figure 8.
Bookplates of
John Leycester
Adolphus, and
Henry Lord
Langdale M.R
nial government of Sudan. In 1923, 1924, and 1925 he filled the position of acting
Governor-General. He was also awarded the third class ofthe Egyptian Order of the
Medjidie in 1907, and Order of the Nile. 49
For the remaining plate owners, Sir George Shiffner,John Panton Gubbins and
Mortimer Harris, less information is available.
John Panton Gubbins's plate appears in Essays in Ecclesiastic.l1 Biography (1850).50
Gubbins (1806-?) receives a short mention in Burke's Landed Gentry, where his place
ofresidence is given as "The Oaks, Leamington." This entry also states that Gubbins
was at some stage Deputy Lieutenant of
County Flint in Northern WalesY
Shiffner, owner of Graham's Memoirs of
the Lift ojNicholas Poussin (1820),52 was the
Rector ofHamsey.53 No information has
been found for Mortimer Harris, whose
plate appears in Lesbistonettes de Tallemant
des Riaux (1862).54
Of the plates me:ntioned in this article, Raftles, Porter, Maxwe11, Markland,
Adolphus, Sterry, Shiffner, Langdale and
Luxmoore are listed in the Franks catalogue ofbookplates :m the British Library
as 24465, 23879, 20096, 19728, 197,
28071,26764,17567, and 18941 respectively.55 John Panton Gubbins, Mortimer
Harris, Benjamin Godfrey Hindus, Felix
Figure 9. Bookplate of Wasey Sterry.
Wakefie1d, and Robert Bill (discussed below), receive no mention.
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Figure 10. Bookplates ofSir
George ShifJner, Mortimer
Harris, and]ohn Panton
Gubbins. The crest of/he
ShifJner plate has been
obscured by the General
Assembly Libraryplate.
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Some of the plates mentioned in this article include the names ofthe engravers who produced them.
Felix Wakefield's plate, for example, was engraved
byJ. Cross &Son, 18 Holborn; that ofSirT. Stamford
Raffles by Huntly se. 74 New Bond Street; the
Maxwell plate by Henry Hays 168 Regent Street;
and the Markland plate by Cleghorn. While it is
Figure 11. Book label of
more
usual for plates of twentieth-century origin to
]oseph Peart.
include the name of the engraver, these four plates
are of nineteenth-century origin or even earlier. 56 The owner of the Raffies plate,
for example, died in 1826.
Book labels from private collections are less common in the Mangaroa Collection. One example, that of Joseph Peart, Alston, England, i!; found in Blagdon's
very beautiful folio of hand-coloured aquatints of India and MysoreY It has not
been confirmed with certainty how this folio became part of the Mangaroa Collection, but according to a descendant, Alan Peart, now resident in Wellington, New
Zealand, Joseph Peart owned a large library which was eventually dispersed among
his family, some ofwhom emigrated to New
Zealand. The New Zealand emigrants later
sold or gave away much ofwhat they had.
Another label from a private collection is
contained in Hawkins's Life ofSamuelJohnson
(1787). This label mentions only the location
. Figure 12. Calgarth Park.
of its former owner: "Calgarth Park."58
Calgarth Park is situated at Windermere,
Westrnorland, England. It was the seat of Richard Watson (1737-1816), Bishop of
Landaff, who built his residence there in 1789.59 It is possible that this Life ofSamuel
]ohnson was once in his library.
In addition to bookplates and book labels from private libraries, some books
contain the book labels or stamps of former non-private libraries. James Weddell's,
A Voyage Towards the South Pole (1825), for example, contains the stamp ofthe Edin. burgh Subscription Library.60 Another is the Wellington Provincial Council Library, the contents of which were at some stage absorbed into the General Assembly Library (see Fig. 13). If the numbers on the Provincial Council Library labels
proved to be accession numbers, this would give an interesting insight into the size
and growth of this early Wellington library.
There is also a significant number ofbooks in the Mangaroa Collection containing
handwritten inscriptions. Some have already been mentioned above. For others, such
as Sandby's The Virtuosis Museum (1778), containing the signature "L Bryant /1874,"
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William Roy's large folio, The Military Antiquities the Romans in Britain (1793),
however, contains a handwritten letter pasted on to the left-hand side ofthe title page
in addition to a presentation plate. 62 The undated letter, addressed to "My dear friend
John" from T. Foster, asks the recipient to accept the gift of this book. The presentation label, dated 28 June 1894, states that J. Bickerton Fisher Esq. of Christchurch
later presented it to the General Assembly Library.
it has not been established
who 'John" or "T. Foster" were, J. Bickerton Fisher Esq. is almost certainly James
Bickerton Fisher who was born at Diss, Norfolk, England in 1843 and who came to
New Zealand in 1857. Fisher was one of a number ofsignificant nineteenth-century
donors to the General Assembly Library.63 He was educated at Christ's College in
Christchurch (NZ), and was the Member of Parliament for Buller from 1879 to
1881. Following his resignation he returned to Christchurch, where he died in 1910.64
Another inscription, this time for presentation purposes, occurs in the Populat·
Encyclopedia (1841).65 This eight-volume work, the :first title recorded in the General Assembly Library's donation catalogue, was presented by Major Lloyd, a
retired soldier, who arrived in New Zealand in 1849.66 Lloyd, a member of the
Legislative Council (upper house) in 1853 before he returned to England in 1856,
presented these volumes to the Legislative Council at the first meeting of the
New Zealand parliament in 1854.The handwritten inscription "Legislative Council.
/ presented by / The Hon[ora]ble Major Lloyd M.L.C. /1854" appears on the
recto of the front flyleaf in each volume. While it is possible that this set was
bought especially for donation purposes, the fact that it was published much earlier, in 1841, suggests that it was in the donor's library prior to presentation.
The inscription in the first volume ofIsaac Reed's twenty-one-volume Plays of
William Shakespeare (1803),67 states that: "For editing this Edition ofShakespear[e]
/ Mr Reed received £300 & Mr Harris / Librarian of the Royal Inst[itut]e was
paid / £100 for correcting the proofs - Tho[ugh] / expenses ofthe edition amounted
to £584." Another copy of this particular edition featured as the draw card on the
title page of Sotheby's 1807 sale catalogue for Cha:r1es Bedford's library:
This edition of Shakespeare is illustrated with about nineteen hundred plates,
viz. views, portraits, scenes, abbies, priories, &C. &r.c. seven hundred of which
are inserted in their proper places, and the remaining twelve hundred are tied
up in different parcels, inlaid on paper, arranged and paged ready for insertion. 68
Charles Bedford's copy, "in sheets, but folded," was sold for £32.11.0, one ofthe
highest prices paid at that auction. The set in the Mangaroa Collection does not
include this number of plates.
Additionally, there are books in the Mangaroa Collection containing inscriptions by the author or dedicatee of a work. On the half-title of the first volume of
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Arthur Helps's The Spanish Conquest in America (1855) is the inscription: "Mr.
Stonesheet from the author with many thanks, July 2. 1855."69 The author, Sir
Arthur Helps, was also the editor ofthe "leaves" from the journal of Qyeen Victoria, which this queen donated to many colonial institutions including the General
Assembly Library.7° And in another, Millar's An Histm-iced View of the English
Government (1803),71 the dedicatee was clearly not too happy with being such,
and has distanced himself somewhat from the work:
Millar on the English Constitution, a book dedicated to me, and which is writ.:.
ten on the best and soundest principles; but I fear it is more instructive than
amusing, as, though he was a very sensible man, he was not a lively one. (Charles
lames Fox)
Charles James Fox (1749-1806) was an English politician of some renown.72
The fact that the above appears in quotation marks in the book suggests that it
may not have been Charles James Fox who wrote it but a previous owner, perhaps
Robert Bill (1754-1827), whose largely obscured bookplate is extant on the front
pastedown. Robert Bill, in addition to being a mechanician and inventor, occuevidence of that
pied himself with literary pursuits, and these volumes,
3
interest, must once have sat upon his shelves.7 The route to New Zealand of this
four-volume set has not been established.
These are just some of the bookplates, labels, and inscliptions found in the
Mangaroa Collection. The fact that many can be linked to English owners is
indicative of New Zealand's colonial origins. For some items, the owner's name is
sufficient to provide the link between the named owner and the General Assembly Library. For other items it is possible only to verify the original ownerls; the
subsequent movements of the book remaining, at this stage, unknown.
The Mangaroa Collection is a rich resource for those interested in New Zealand's
book history and print culture. The bookplates, labels, and inscriptions, in addition to providing information on provenance, also highlight the wide dispersal of
many nineteenth-century English libraries and provide an insight into the
reading matter of New Zealand's early parliamentarians.
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Endnotes
For further information on the General Assembly Library and its early collection, including information on trade stickers in the Mangaroa Collection, see Ruth Lightbourne, "The General Assembly Library of New Zealand and the Book Trade," in BSANZ Bulletin 26(2) (2002): 81-104. The
name Mangaroa was taken from the Mangaroa Valley a few miles north of Wellington, where the
books were stored for some years in the 1970s and 1980s before the move to their present location
at the National Library of New Zealand.
2 "Catalogue of Donations to the Library of the General Ai;sembly of New Zealand [1854-13
September 1897]" (henceforth "Catalogue of Donations"). This catalogue is held at the Parliamentary Library. The catalogue also includes 17 loose-leaf letters dating from 1875 to 1889.
3The watermark of the paper used in the "Catalogue of Donations" is A. Pirie & Son, 1864.
4 A bookplate is defined as an oWllership label printed from an engraved or etched block, cut in metal
or wood. The design is usually armorial or pictorial, and normally (but by no means always) incorporates the owner's name or initials. A book label is created from printers' type and (possibly) type
ornaments, and printed by letterpress. Book labels are typically, but not necessarily, smaller and less
ornate than bookplates. See David Pearson, Provenance Research in Book History: A Handbook
(London: The British Library, 1994), 54.
5 For a discussion on the dating of bookplates and other related matters, see Pearson, Provenance
Research, 56-82.
6 Dictionary ofNew Zealand Biography: Volume One 1769-1865' (Wellington, NZ: Alien & Unwin;
Dept. ofInternal Mfairs, 1990),267-268.The Mantell family papers are in the Alexander Turnbull
Library, National Library of NZ: MS Papers 83. The Dictionary ofNew Zealand Biography is
henceforth cited as DNZB.
7The "Catalogue of Donations" records that these items were donated in 1866 rather than 1867.
8 Michael Symes,AnAccount ofan Embassy to the Kingdom ofAva, Sent by the Governor-Gmeraloflndia
in the Year 1795, 2nd ed., 3 vols., (London: Printed for J. Debrett, 1800). Shelved at 915.91. The
Mangaroa Collection is shelved in Dewey order. All classification numbers given in this and the following citations refer to the location ofthe item in this collection. Exceptions are the folios, which at
the time ofwriting are shelved where there is space and are therefore scattered throughout the collection.
9 For biographical details, see "Raffles, SirThomas Stamford," in Leslie Stephen and Sidney Lee, eds.,
The Dictionary ofNational Biographyfrom the Earliest Times to nOD, 22 vols. (London: ODP, [19211922]),16:604-608 (henceforth cited as DNB); also Bernard Burke, A Gmealogical and Heraldic History ofthe Landed Gentry ofGreat BI'itain & Ireland, 7th edn., 2 vols. (London: Harrison, 1886),2:1524.
laThe four volumes are listed in the "Catalogue of Donations" as two separate but consecutive
entries, the accompanying volume ofplates being listed second.
11 A Catalogue
the Valuable Library ofJames Edwards, Esq. Containing a SplmdidAssemblage ofEarly
Prillted Books, Chiefly Upon Vellum "0 ([London]: Printed by W. Bulmer, 1815); and A Catalogue of
the Entire, Elegant and Very Valllable Library ofCharles Bedford, Esq. Late ofBrixton-Causeway, (With
the Exception ofall the Works Printed at Strawberry Hill) ... ([London: s.n., 1807]). Shelved at 017.3
/ E 92 and 019.3 respectively.
12 C.R.H. Taylor, Fifteen Great Names in New Zealand History ([Wellington]: Bank of New South
Wales, 1957), 11.
13 Henry Englefield, A Description ofthe Principal Picturesque Beauties, Antiquities, and Geological
Phomomena, ofthe Isle ofWight ... (London: Printed for Payne and Foss, 1816);John Watson, Me71loirs of the Ancient Eads of Warren and Surrey, and their Descendents to the Present Time, 2 vols.
(Warrington: Printed by William Eyres, 1782). Shelved at Q914.228 and Q929.2 respectively.
14 G. A. Mantell's own publication, The Medals ofCreation; Fil'st Lessons in Geology, and the Study of
Organic Remains, 2nd edn., [entirely rewritten], 2 vols., (London: Henry G. Bolm, [1853]), is shelved
at 560 in the Mangaroa Collection. His book is dedicated to his sons Walter Mantell ofWellington ,
I
Bookplates, Book Labels, and Handwritten InslTiptions
75
NZ, and Reginald Neville Mantell of Kentucky, U.S.A.
15 Classified Catalogue ofthe GeneralAssembly Library ofNew Zealand with Suppleme1lt (Wellington:
The Library, 1876). Held at the Parliamentary Library of New Zealand.
16The bookplate is contained in the first volume only of tIlls two-volume set. The second volume of
Watson's Memoi,·s has been re-bound at some stage and has lost all but one ofits original endpapers.
Although there is now no Hindus plate in the second volume, it probably came from Hindus's
library and made up the set.
17 J. D. Passavant, Rophael D'Urbin et Son Pere Giovanni Santi ..., 2 vols. (paris: Jules Renouard, 1860).
Shelved at 927.5 I R217pp. The Wakefie1d plate is in the second volume.
18 For FelixWakefield, see G. H. Scholefield, ed.,A Dictionary ofNew ZealandBiography (Wellington, NZ:
Dept oflnternal Affairs, 1940), 2:448-449. For his son Edward, see DNZB, Vol2: 1870-1900,562, and
Scholefield, A Dictionary, 2:442. See also James Fairburn, Fairburn's Book of Crests ofthe Families of Great
Britain andIreland, 2 vols., 4th ed. rev. (London:T.C. &E.C.Jack, 1905), 1:5?1 and vo1.2, plate 137.
19 For further biographical details, see DNZB, Vo1.1:575-576.
20 For the Edward Wakefield donation, see "Catalogue ofDonations." TIlls catalogue also lists several
donations made by Felix Wakefield Illmself at different times: four titles in. April 1867, two titles in
April 1868 and one title in October 1869. These titles have yet to be traced in the Mangaroa Collection.
21 Scholefield, A Dictionary, vo1.1:382.
22 The date of donation is not given on the labels, and there is no record of the Herries donation in
the "Catalogue of Donations." It was probably donated after 1897, when the catalogue ends.
23 Samuel Smiles, The Huguenots: Their Settlements, Churches, andIndustrifs in England and Ireland,
4th edn. (London: John Murray, 1870). Shelved at 92 I S 641.
24 The connection between the two families was through William Herries's grandmother, Mary
Francis Crompton, a member of the Stansfield family. See Burke, Vo1.2, 1724.
25 X. B. Saintine, Pieciola (Bruxelles: Societe Typograplllque Belge ad Wahlen et Cie, 1837). Shelved
at 843.7 I S 157.
26 The Stansfield family had seats at Esholt Hall or Priory, Leeds; Sion Hill, TIllrsk; and Azerley
Hall, Ripon, County York. Bur/us Landed Ge1ltry, vo1.2, 1724.
27 George Sand, Andr! (Bruxelles: J.P. Meline, 1835). Shelved at 843.82 .' S 213.
28 James Boswell, The Lift ofSamuel johnson, new edn., 4 vols. (London: Office of the National
Illustrated Library, [preface dated 1851]). Shelved at 928.2463 I J 69.
29Te Aroha is a small town in the North Island of New Zealand.
30John Lingard, The History ofEnglandfrom the First Invasion by the R071la7IJ to theAecession ofWilliam
and Mary in 1688, 6th edn. rev. and enlarged, 10 vols. in 5 (London: Charles Dolman, 1855).
Shelved at 942 I L 755 h; and]. BeeteJukes, The Studmt's Manual ofGeokgy ..., 3rd edn. recast and
rewritten (Edinburgh: Adam & Charles Black, 1872). Shelved at 550.7.
31 Scholefield, A Dictionary, vo1.1: 382.
32 John Pinkerton,A Genmzl Collection ofthe Best andMost-Inte"esting Voyages a71dTravels in all Parts
ofthe World ... ,16 vols. and supplement (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, and Orme,
1808-1814). Shelved at Q910.8.
33 See BrynmorJones Library,Archives andSpecial Collections: Subject Guides _. LandedFamily andEstate
Papers: Constable-MaxwellFamily (Barons Herries), ofEveringham (7 October 1998). http://150.237.176.8/
lib/arclllvesllanded/cmaxwel1.html [Accessed 4 July 2000]. Also Fairburn, Cmts, voLl, 272.
34 John Turnbull, A Voyage Round the World, in the YearJ 1800, 1801, 1802, 1803, and 1804 ... , 2nd
edn. (London: Printed for C. Chapple, 1813). Shelved at Q910.4.
3S For biographical details, see the entry "Hogg, Thomas Jefferson," DNB, vo1.9,998-999. Hogg was
also one of the subjects of a trilogy by Walter Sidney Scott on the relations between Shelley, Hogg
and Shelley's first and second wives Harriet and Mary. Two ofthese volumes are held in the Mangaroa
Collection: Walter Sidney Scott, ed., Han'iet and Mary: Being the &latio7lS Between Percy Bysshe
Shelley, Harriet Shelley, Mary Shelley, and ThomasjrjJerso71 Hogg ... (London: Golden Cockerel Press,
76
Bibliographical Society ofAustralia
[:j
New Zealand Bulletin
1944); and Waiter Sidney Scott, ed., Shelleyat Oxford: The Early Correspondence ofP B. Shelley with
his Friend T.] Hogg together with Letters of Mary Shelley and T. L. Peacock and aHitherto Unpublished
Prose Fragment by Shelley (London: Golden Cockerel Press, 1944). Both shelved at 928.2 / S 545.
36 DNZB, VoI.3: 1901-1920, 223-224.
37 Later to become Victoria University ofWellington.
38 MS Papers 1618.
39 DNZB, Vol.3: 1901-1920, 224-225.
40 John Malcolm, The History ofPersia, From the Most EarlyPe7·iod to the Present Time ... ,2 vols.
(London: Printed for John Murray and Longman & Co, 1815'). Shelved at Q955.
41 "Markland,James Heywood," in Stephen and Lee, DNB, VOU2, 1060-1061; also Roderick Cave,
The Private Press (London: Faber & Faber, 1971), 66.
42 Some of Markland's papers form part of the Samuel Johnson Collection of Herman W. Liebert
held at the Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library, Yale University. See http://
www.library.yale.edulbeinecke/bloct95.htm [accessed 6 July 2000]. James Heywood Markland is
also mentioned in Joseph Hunter's MS catalogue (1825?), see Robin Alston, Private Owners, updated 19 February 1999: www.r-alston.co.uklprivate.htm [accessed 14 September, 2000].
43 R. Cumberland, The British Drama: A Collection ofthe Most Esteemed Dramatic Productions ... 14
vols. (London: Printed for C. Cooke, 1817). Shelved at 822.08 / C 969.
44 Burke, Landed Gentry. VoLl, 1156-7; also Fairburn, Crests, VoLl, 355 and Vol.2, plate 172.
45 "Bickersteth, Henry," DNB, Vol.2, 466-468; also Cave, The Private Press, 124.
46 Lord Mahon, Histary ofthe Warofthe Succession in Spain (London:John Murray, 1832). Shelved at 946.055.
47 Lesage, Histoire de GilBias de Santillane ..., 4 vols. (London: Longman, Hurst, Reese, & Orme, and
G. Kearsley, 1809). Shelved at 843.51. For biographical details, see the entry "Adolphus, John
Leycester," DNB, VoLl, 142. The four-volume Histoirede Gii Bias de Santillane has retained the
bindings of its private owner. It is full bound in green leather with brown lettering pieces on the
spine. The front and back have fillet decoration around the edges in gilt and blind, finished with a
rosette in each corner. Within this frame and in each corner is a gilt fleur-de-lis. Gold tooling is also
used on the spine and turn-ins. For information on the style of binding normally adopted by the
General Assembly Library for its books, see Lightbourne, "General Assembly Library," (2002), esp.
pp. 93-99. There are many other distinctive bindings in the Mangaroa Collection. One such example is Le Livre du Centenaire du Journal des Debats, 1789-1889 (Paris: E. PIon, Nourrit et Cie,
1889). Shelved at Q095. This book is full bound in white vellum with red and blue leather inlays
on the front and back. The inlaid triangles and squares joined by strips create a rectangular frame
around the edge of the book. The French flag forms the centrepiece. There is gold tooling on the
inlays, vellum cover and turn-ins, and red colouring on the head, tail, and fore-edge. The spine, with
red and green lettering pieces, also has gOld tooling.
48 Hugh Clapperton,journal ofa Second Expedition into the Inte7'ior ofAfrica (London: John Murray,
1829); and Dixon Denham and Hugh Clapperton, Narrative of7'ravels andDiscoveries in NOl·thern and
Central Africa ... (London: John Murray, 1826). Both shelved at 0216.6. Like the four-volume set
owned by Adolphus (see above), these volumes have retained the bindings oftheir former owner. Both
volumes are identically full bound in brown leather with green and brown lettering pieces on the
spines. The front and back have fillet decoration in gilt and blind with an ornate triangular gilt pattern
set into each corner. The spine with its raised cords has additional ornate gilt tooling as do the turn-ins.
49 See http://www.zipworld.com.aul-rsterry/genlsirwasey.htm [accessed 4 July 2000]; and http://
www.zipworld.com.aul-rsterry/gentsurysterldOOOO/g0000045.html [accessed 4July 2000]. See also
Fairburn, Crests, Vo1.l, 526, and Vo12, plate 255, which confirm the crest and motto on the Sterry
bookplate.
50James Stephen, Essays in EcclesiasticalBiography ... 2nd edn., 2 vols. (London: Printed for Longman,
Brown, Green, & Longmans, 1850). Volume 2 only shelved at 92 / S828.
51 Burke, Landed Gentry, VoLl, 795-796.
52 Maria Graham, Memoirs ofthe Life ofNicholas Poussin ... (London: Printed for Longman, Hurst,
Bookplates, Book Labels, and Handwritten Inscriptions
77
Rees, Orme &Brown; and A. Constable and Co., 1820). Shelved .at 759.4 I P 878.
Shiffner also provided some assistance in compiling Henry Isham Longden, Some Notes 011 Sir
Eusby Isham ofPytchley in the County ofN01·thamptoll with SpecialReference to His Virginia Descendants
(London: Mitchell & Hughes, 1808). This volume is held in the Congre:isional Library, Washington, D.e. See http://www.familykinship.comlishamhistory.htm [accessed 4 July 2000]. See also
Fairburn, Crests, VoU, 504, and Vo12, plate 313.
54 MJ\1. De Monmerque et Paulin Paris, Les historiettes de Tallemont deJ Reaux, 3rd edn., 6 vols.
(Paris:]. Techener, 1862). Shelved at 92 IT 147.
55 E.R.]. Gambier Howe, Franks Bequest: Catalogue ofBritish andAmerican Book Plates Bequeathed to
the Trustees ofthe British Museum by SirAugustus Wollastoll Franks, 3 vols. (London: Printed by Order
of the Trustees, 1903-1904).
56 See also Pearson, Provenance Research, 69.
57 Francis William Blagdon,A Brie/Histaty ofAncient alldModern India ... Embellished with Coloured
Engravings ... Together with Views in the Killgdom ofMysore ... (London: Printed by Wm. Bulmer &
Co.; published by Edward Orme, 1805). Folio 915.45. Another item flom the library of Joseph
Peart, containing the same book label, is held in the Special Printed Collections of the Alexander
Turnbull Library: John Milton, Paradise Lost:A Poem in Twelve Books ... ,9th edn. (London: Printed
for].F. & C. Rivington [et al.], 1790). The cataloguer who created the
card has read the
label as Joseph Pearl.
58 John Hawkins, The Life ofSamueljohnson (London: Printed for J. Buckland [et al.], 1787). Shelved
at 928.24631]69h.
59 "Watson, Richard," DNB, Vol.20, 935-938; also "'Vindermere Parish History & Directory,"
http://edenlinks.rootsweb.com/lgp/KENDALWARDIWINDERMEREIWINDHIS.HTM
[accessed 4 July 2000].
60 James Weddell, A Voyage Towards the South Pole, Performed in the Yt,:rs 1822-24 ... (London:
Printed for Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, Brown and Green, 1825). Shdved at 919.9.
61 P. Sandby, The Vi"/uosis Museum: Containing Select Views, in England, Scotland, andIreland (London:
Printed for G. Kearsly, 1778). ,Shelved at 914.2.
62 Williarn Roy, The Mi/itaryAntiquities ofthe Romans in Britaill ... (London: Society ofAntiquaries,
1793). Folio 913.42.
63 "Catalogue of Donations" records that Fisher donated 33 items in June 1894, although The Military Antiquities .is not among them. At least 18 of these 33 items bear pre-1800 imprints.
64 For biographical information, see the Encyclopedia ofNew Zealand, VoIS: Canterbury Provincial
District (Cyclopedia Co Ltd, 1903), 245; also Scholefield, A Dictionary, VoU, 254; and Westport
News, Diamond Jubilee Supplement, Tuesday, December 28,1926, [p.5].
65 D.K. Sandford,Thomas Thomson, and Allan Cunningham, The Popular Encyclopedia; or "Conversations Lexicon"; Being a General Dictionary ofArts, Sciences, Literature, Biography, History, Ethics, and
Political Economy, 8 vols. (Glasgow, Edinburgh & London: Blackie, 1841). Shelved at 032.
66 For biographical details, see Scholefield,A Dictiol101y, Voll, 500.
67 Isaac Reed, ed., The Plays ofWilliam Shakespeare, 5th edn. revised and augmented, 21 vols. (London:
Printed for ].Johnson [et al.], 1803). Shelved at 822.33.
68 A Catalogue ofthe Entire, Elegant and
Valuable Library ofCharles Be4'ford, Esq. Late ofBrixtonCauseway, (With the Exception ofall the Works Printed at Strawberry Hill) ... [London: s.n., 1807].
Shelved at 019.3.
69 Arthur Helps, The Spanish COliquest in America and its Relation to the History ofSlavery and to the
Government ofColonies, 4 vols. (London: John W. Parker & Son, 1855-1861). Shelved at 972.02.
70 These have not been located in the Mangaroa Collection.
71 John Millar,AnHistorical View ofthe English Government.from the Settlem'?11t ofthe Saxons in Britain
to the Revolution in 1688 ... , 4 vols. (London: Printed for]. Mawman, 18(3). Shelved at 342.42.
72 Melanie Parry, ed., Chambers Biographical Dictionary, 6th edn. (Edinburgh: Larousse; New York:
Larousse Kingfisher Chambers, 1997), 672; also "Fox, Charles James," LiNB, Vol.7, 535-552.
73 "Bill, Robert," DNB, Vol.2, 490-491.
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