| Description |
320 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 37 cm |
| Contents |
The making of Banks' Florilegium I : the voyage of Endeavour 1768-1771 / Mel Gooding -- The plates / David Mabberley -- The making of Banks' FLorilegium II : the florilegium 1772-1990 / Mel Gooding -- The modern printing of the florilegium / Joe Studholme |
| Summary |
Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. A gifted and wealthy young naturalist, Banks collected exotic flora from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the Society Islands, New Zealand, Australia and Java, bringing back over 1300 species that had never been seen or studied by Europeans. On his return, Banks commissioned over 700 superlative engravings between 1772 and 1784. Known collectively as Banks' Florilegium, they are some of the most precise and exquisite examples of botanical illustration ever created. The Florilegium was never published in Banks' lifetime, and it was not until 1990 that a complete set in colour was issued in a boxed edition (limited to 100 copies) under the direction of the British Museum. It is from these prints that the present selection is made |
| Notes |
"A chart of the world ... exhibiting the discoveries made by Captn. James Cook in his three voyages with the tracks of the ships under his command", on endpapers |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and indexes |
| Subject |
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820 -- Travel -- Pacific Area.
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Botany -- Pictorial works.
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Botanical illustration -- England.
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| Genre/Form |
Illustrated works.
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Illustrated works.
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Pictorial works.
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| Author |
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
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Mabberley, D. J., writer of commentaries
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Gooding, Mel, author
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Studholme, Joe, writer of afterword
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| LC no. |
2017931793 |
| ISBN |
9780500519363 |
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0500519366 |
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