Joseph Bank’s Florilegium

Joseph Bank’s Florilegium. Joseph Bank’s Florilegium. Joseph Banks’ Florilegium: Botanical Treasures from Cook’s First Voyage

by Gooding, Mel; Mabberley, David; Studholme, Joe
ISBN: 9780500022870 / 0500022879
Publisher: Thames & Hudson, 2019
Edition: Hardcover
Language: English

About the book. New book.

A compact edition of Joseph Banks’ extraordinary botanical engravings of flora discovered on Captain Cook’s first voyage.

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. On his return, Banks commissioned over 700 engravings. Known collectively as Banks’ Florilegium, they are some of the most precise and exquisite examples of botanical illustration ever created.