Printers - in Christchurch and Vienna
The production of this book involved four different printing works located in Christchurch and Vienna.
Lyttelton Times (Christchurch)
The Lyttelton Times office were the main printers who took on responsibility for printing the monotype letterpress for the text and some of the lithographic plates, maps and geological sections.
The Lyttelton Times was the first newspaper published in Canterbury Province, where the first issue appeared on 11 January 1851. Some years later the printing works was shifted from the port town of Lyttelton to Christchurch. By the late 1870s they were the largest printing works in Christchurch producing several newspapers as well as a varied range of printing jobs for both official and private entities.
For the book by Haast, most of the production of illustrative material utilised the steam driven lithographic press, while one of the smaller plates would appear to have most likely been produced on a hand press.
The Lyttelton Times was the first newspaper published in Canterbury Province, where the first issue appeared on 11 January 1851. Some years later the printing works was shifted from the port town of Lyttelton to Christchurch. By the late 1870s they were the largest printing works in Christchurch producing several newspapers as well as a varied range of printing jobs for both official and private entities.
For the book by Haast, most of the production of illustrative material utilised the steam driven lithographic press, while one of the smaller plates would appear to have most likely been produced on a hand press.
Rudolf von Waldheim (1832-1890)
The frontispiece was prepared by Viennese artist and printer Rudolf von Waldheim based on a photographic print of a pen and ink drawing sent to Vienna. Waldheim and his printing establishment utilised the printing method similar to lithography which uses a zinc plate and the resulting frontispiece is thus a fine example of a zincography.
This printing process gives the artist complete freedom to work on a smooth flat surface, in preparing the plate for this planographic method of printing. A print-run of 520 copies of the frontispiece was produced, using smooth surfaced machine made un-watermarked paper.
This printing process gives the artist complete freedom to work on a smooth flat surface, in preparing the plate for this planographic method of printing. A print-run of 520 copies of the frontispiece was produced, using smooth surfaced machine made un-watermarked paper.
Friedrich Köke (1823-1882)
Friedrich Köke had a well established reputation for printing maps using chromolithography.
Max Jaffé (1845-1939)
Max Jaffé was responsible for printing the photographic views, which were produced as collotypes in Vienna. This planographic printing process using glass plates was known as the "Lichtdruckverfahren" in Vienna, a form of photolithography.
All the Viennese printers were selected by Ferdinand von Hochstetter, who commissioned and supervised the work on Haast's behalf, and on completion 500 copies of each of the maps and illustrations were sent to Christchurch, where the book was then compiled, bound and published.