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Joseph Banks' Florilegium Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage

Art / Photobook
By: Mel Gooding(Author), David J Mabberley(Author), Joseph Studholme(Afterword by)
320 pages, 181 colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
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This beautiful collection of botanical artwork presents a selection of Joseph Banks' legendary body of work, The Florilegium, which was published posthumously only in 1990. Features expert commentary by David Mabberley.
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  • Joseph Banks' Florilegium ISBN: 9780500022870 Hardback small format (200 × 270 mm) Sep 2019 In stock
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Originally published in 2017 in hardback in a large format (265 × 355 mm), the 2019 hardback reissue is smaller (200 × 270 mm).

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 (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.

Contents

- The Making of Banks' Florilegium I: The voyage of Endeavour, 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

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Biography

Mel Gooding is an art historian, writer, curator, and educator. David Mabberley is a botanist and writer. Joe Studholme cofounded Editions Alecto and undertook the printing of Banks' Florilegium from the original copper plates.

Art / Photobook
By: Mel Gooding(Author), David J Mabberley(Author), Joseph Studholme(Afterword by)
320 pages, 181 colour & b/w illustrations
Publisher: Thames & Hudson
NHBS
This beautiful collection of botanical artwork presents a selection of Joseph Banks' legendary body of work, The Florilegium, which was published posthumously only in 1990. Features expert commentary by David Mabberley.
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