B25820

Shelfmark

I.Tbs (26 plates); NHM

Additional copy shelfmark

[Continuation shelfmark:] NHM

Author

Banks, Joseph, Sir,

Title

[Banks' Florilegium :, a publication in thirty-four parts of seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771 /, the specimens were gathered and classified by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson].

Publication, distribution, etc.

[London :, Alecto Historical Editions,, c. 1980].

Physical description

40 plates :, ill. (some col.) ;, 56 cm. [5 partial plates, varying in size from 10 x 18cm. to 39cm.]

Note

Proofing material for Banks' Florilegium: pre-edition trial prints for plates 7, 22, 38 and 48.

Note

Ms. notes on some plates.

Note

The plates from which this ed. was printed were prepared under Banks' direction by various engravers, but were never used until 1973, when a selection of them was published under the auspices of the present owner, British Museum (Natural History), as: Captain Cook's florilegium.

Subject

Cook, James

Subject

Botany, Australia.

Subject

Botanical illustration, England.

Subject

Voyages around the world, History, Pictorial works, 18th century.

Added entry--name

Solander, Daniel Charles

Added entry--name

Parkinson, Sydney

Added entry--name

Studholme, Joseph, donor.

Added entry--name

Diment, Judith, ed.

Added entry--name

Humphries, C.J, (Christopher John), ed.

Added entry--name

British Museum, (Natural History)

Added entry--name

Alecto Historical Editions

Added entry--place

England, London.

Additional copy

[Continuation shelfmark:] NHM

001B25820

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500##$aMs. notes on some plates.

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