Title & Author:

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.

Edition:

Compact edition.

Publication:

London : Thames and Hudson, 2019.

Description:

320 pages : illustrations (black and white, and colour), maps (black and white, and colour) ; 28 cm

Notes:
Originally published: 2017.
Maps on lining papers.
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
The making of Banks' Florilegium I: The voyage of Endeavor 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 -- Concordance.

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 1,300 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 (Natural History). It is from these prints that the present selection is made, directed by David Mabberley, who has provided expert botanical commentaries, with additional texts by art historian Mel Gooding, setting the works in context as a perfect conjunction of nature, science and art. An afterword by Joseph Studholme describes the history of the modern printing.

ISBN:

9780500022870 (hbk.)
0500022879 (hbk.)

Subject:

Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820.
Botany Pictorial works.
Botanical illustration.
Botanique Ouvrages illustrés.
Illustration botanique.
Botany

Form/genre:

Illustrated works

Added entries:

Gooding, Mel, author.
Mabberley, D. J., writer of added text.
Studholme, Joe, writer of afterword.
Banks, Joseph, 1743-1820. Works. Selections.

Holdings:

Location: Library main 306579
Call No.: BIB 252131
Status: Available