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Alexander Turnbull's bookplates
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- Alexander Turnbull's bookplates
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- Manatū Taonga, the Ministry for Culture and Heritage
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- Te Ara - The Encyclopedia of New Zealand
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Alexander Turnbull's predominant collecting interest lay in books and other printed materials, though he also collected Māori and Pacific artefacts. He amassed books relating to New Zealand and European culture and history. His New Zealand collection was particularly widespread – nothing related to the country was out of bounds. On Turnbull's death in 1918 his collection went to the government to form the basis of a national reference library. The government purchased his house in Bowen Stree...
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- Date created
- 20 November 2012
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- Alexander Turnbull Library
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- https://teara.govt.nz/en/object/37318/alexander-turnbulls-bookplates
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http://www.teara.govt.nz/copyright, Crown Copyright administered through the New Zealand Ministry for Culture and Heritage Te Manatu Taonga. All text licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial 3.0 New Zealand Licence unless otherwise stated. Commercial re-use may be allowed on request. All non-text content is subject to specific conditions. Alexander Turnbull Library Reference: Clockwise: BOOKPLATES-ATL-01 Permission of the Alexander Turnbull Library, National Library of New Zealand, Te Puna Mātauranga o Aotearoa, must be obtained before any re-use of this image.
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