Add this copy of Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures From to cart. $174.95, good condition, Sold by Salish Sea Books rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Bellingham, WA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Thames & Hudson Publishing.
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Good++; Hardcover; Clean covers with minor shelfwear and edgewear; Unblemished textblock edges; The endpapers and text pages are all clean and unmarked; The binding is excellent with a straight spine; This book will be shipped in a sturdy cardboard box with foam padding; Extra-Large Format (Folio, 14"-16" tall); Heavy (5.4 lbs); Green paper-covered boards with illustrated plate to the center of front cover, and title in bronze lettering; 2017, Thames & Hudson Publishing; 320 pages; "Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage, " by Mabberley, David J.
Add this copy of Joseph Banks' Florilegium: Botanical Treasures From to cart. $250.00, very good condition, Sold by Hennessey + Ingalls rated 5.0 out of 5 stars, ships from Los Angeles, CA, UNITED STATES, published 2017 by Thames & Hudson.
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Used-Very Good. Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage around 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. Upon his return, Banks commissioned more than 700 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 color was issued in a boxed edition (limited to 100 copies) under the direction of the British Museum. The present selection is from these prints, directed by botanist David Mabberley, who has provided expert 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 Joe Studholme describes the history of the modern printing. The extraordinary botanical engravings of flora discovered on Captain Cook's first voyage, published for the first time in book form Used copy with some wear to cover. No dj. Binding is tight no interior marks.
