In the Advent 2014 (no. 47) issue of Anglican Taonga, there was an article entitled Bound for a New Land. The article tells the story of the discovery of an inscription that appears inside one of the books which is held in the John Kinder Theological Library Rare Books Collection.
The book in question is the 1617 edition of Richard Hooker’s Of the Lawes of Ecclesiastical Politie. It was a gift from Henry Bobart to Bishop Selwyn and includes the original owner’s name, Bobart’s father-in-law, Samuel Marsden.
Images of the actual inscription were not published in the article on Anglican Taonga, so we’d like to take a moment to share them here for those who are curious about this fascinating piece of New Zealand history.
The Rare Book Collection of about 2000 volumes is a historic collection of books published between 1474 and 1800. Many were the gifts of associates of Bishop GA Selwyn or were from the library of Dr John Kinder.
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