The Visitation. The Earthquakes of 1848 and the Destruction of Wellington. NEW. John Darby

John Darby

Photographs of the house and garden with reproductions of some of his paintings

An interesting and uncommon title

This cultural history of the rose begins in the Greek and Roman world and then includes the rest of Europe

and is illustrated with sixty pages of colour photographs of plants

The Visitation. The Earthquakes of 1848 and the Destruction of Wellington. NEW. John DarbyRodney Grapes. A full and illustrated account the destructive effects of the Wellington earthquakes and the social response to them. In 1848 the population of the town was about 3000. The author also explains the causes, and the movement of the fault lines in the region. Victoria University Press, Wellington, 2011. ISBN 9780864736864 Softback. 191 pages. NEW. Fine condition.