A rare poster map of New Zealand

A large and colourful map of New Zealand illustrating the spread of agricultural products on the land and where different fish can be found around the coasts. Quotes from authors including Rudyard Kipling and Isaak Walter appear in the seas. Also contained within the decorative border are tables of statistics for 1929-1930. Leslie MacDonald Gill (1884-1947, known as Max), younger brother of Eric Gill, specialised in graphic design in the Arts and Crafts style. His most important commission was from the Imperial War Graves Commission, designing the script used on Commission headstones and war memorials, including the 'Thiepval Memorial to the Missing of the Somme'. His 'Wonderground Map of London', originally drawn as an advertising poster for London Electric Underground Railway Company in 1914, was such a success it is credited with saving the 'UndergrounD' advertising campaign.