This is the first full-colour publication of some of the most extraordinary botanical prints of the 18th Century. Joseph Banks was a gifted naturalist who accompanied James Cook on his first voyage around the world between 1768 and 1771. He collected exotic flora along the way – from Madeira, Brazil, Tierra del Fuego, the South Pacific, New Zealand, Australia and Java. On his return, he commissioned over 700 superlative engravings of these specimens, as a scientific record. Known as Banks’ Florilegium they are some of the most precise and exquisite examples of botanical illustration ever made, yet they were never published in Banks’ lifetime. This selection is made from a unique limited colour edition of the prints, with expert botanical commentaries. If you love botanical illustration, or you have a special person in your life who does, this book is for you.
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