Joseph Banks' florilegium : botanical treasures from Cook's first voyage / with texts by Mel Gooding ; commentaries on the plates by David Mabberley ; and an afterword by Joe Studholme.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Gooding, Mel, author.

Contributor:

Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.

Mabberley, David J., 1948- writer of commentaries.

Studholme, Joe, writer of afterword.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.

Botanical illustration.

Travel.

England.

Pacific Area.

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820--Travel--Pacific Area.

Banks, Joseph.

Botany--Pictorial works.

Botany.

Botanical illustration--England.

Botanical illustration--New Zealand.

Local Subjects:

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820--Travel--Pacific Area.

Botanical illustration--New Zealand.

Genre:

Illustrated works.

Pictorial works.

Physical Description:

320 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 37 cm

Other Title:

Florilegium

Place of Publication:

New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2017.

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.

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.

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.

Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Harold C. Putnam Book Fund.

ISBN:

9780500519363

0500519366

OCLC:

975365960