Banks' florilegium
Subtitle: 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
By: the specimens were gathered and classified by Sir Joseph Banks, Bart., and Daniel Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.
Contributors: Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820.; Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782.; Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.
Publisher: Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History)
Published: 1900
Place of publication: London
Language: eng
Number of pages: 34
Subjects: Endeavour (Ship); Botany -- Pictorial works; Botanical illustration -- England; Engraving, English; Voyages around the world -- History -- 18th century -- Pictorial works
Genres: Pictorial works.
Notes: The plates from which this ed. was printed were prepared under Banks' direction by various engravers, but were never used until 1973, when a selection of them was published under the auspices of the present owner, British Museum (Natural History), as: Captain Cook's florilegium.
Limited ed. of 100 copies.
LC has copy no. 62.
Table of contents: title: pt. <3  > Australia; title: pt. <34  > Tierra del Fuego.