Shelfmark
NHM; I
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[Continuation shelfmark:] I
Additional shelfmark
If1.1.03 [Box XIV (plates 293-315)]
Author
Title
Banks' Florilegium : a publication in thirty-four parts of seven hundred and thirty-eight copperplate engravings of plants collected on Captain James Cook's first voyage round the world in H.M.S. Endeavour, 1768-1771 : the specimens were gathered and classified by Sir Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.
Publication, distribution, etc.
London : Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural history), 1980-1990.
Physical description
34v (738 col. copper engraved plates) [+ catalogue (78 p. ; 56 cm.)] : col. ill. ; Plates 74 x 57cm. in solander cases 79 x 61cm. and 5 suppl. plates in separate cases
Note
Editors of text: Judith Diment and Christopher Humphries.
Note
The magnificent drawings of Sydney Parkinson and others had been made in the course of Cook's first voyage from over 800 previously unknown specimens collected by Banks. The plates represent the work of 18 engravers over a period of 13 years, and descriptions of the specimens were prepared by Daniel Solander. Banks' ambition to publish was never realised, however, and, on his death, the plates were bequeathed to the British Museum. The first publication of a substantial selection only occurred in 1900-1905. The present Alecto Edition ... comprises the first complete printing of the plates.
Note
Colour printed à la poupée in up to 17 colours from the original plates after Sydney Parkinson, Frederick Nodder, John Miller, James Miller, John Clevely and Thomas Burgis, in titled window mounts.
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No. 61 of a limited edition of 100 copies (all except Part IX, which was part of an Alecto exhibition set).
Note
Supplementary plates cover Australia (plates 739-741), New Zealand (plate 742) and Tierra del Fuego (plate 743).
Note
Title on cover and spine of each box : Banks' Florilegium.
Formatted contents note
Contents: Pts. 1-15. Australia (plates 1-337). Pt. 16. Brazil (plates 338-360). Pts. 17-18. Java (plates 361-390). Pt. 19. Madeira (plates 391-401). Pts. 20-27. New Zealand (plates 402-584). Pts. 28-31. Society Islands (plates 585-673). Pts. 32-34. Tierra del Fuego (plates 674-738). Supplement (plates 739-743).
Binding
Original cloth-backed portfolios in 34 original green cloth boxes with labels (one damaged). Catalogue in dark green morocco-backed boards.
Subject
Cook, James, 1728 - 1779 Travel Pictorial works.
Subject
Botany Pictorial works Australia.
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Botany Pictorial works Pacific Area.
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Botany Pictorial works.
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Botanical illustration England.
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Engraving.
Subject
Voyages around the world History Pictorial works 18th century.
Subject
Botany Illustrated works.
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Diment, Judith ed.
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Humphries, C.J., 1947 - ? (Christopher John) ed.
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British Museum (Natural History)
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England London.
Identifier
B26028