{"product_id":"9780500022870","title":"Joseph Banks' Florilegium : Botanical Treasures from Cook's First Voyage","description":"\u003cp\u003eAuthor(s): Gooding, Mel, Mabberley, David, Studholme, Joseph, \u003cbr\u003e Binding: Hardback, \u003cbr\u003e Date of Publication: 12\/09\/2019,\u003cbr\u003e Pagination: 320 pages, 181 Illustrations, color,\u003cbr\u003e Series: N\/A, \u003cbr\u003eImprint: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Published By: Thames \u0026amp; Hudson Ltd,\u003cbr\u003e Book Classification: Botanical art, Trees wildflowers \u0026amp; plants\u003cbr\u003e ISBN13\\EAN\\SKU: 9780500022870\u003cbr\u003e Description: \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA full-colour publication of the botanical illustrations commissioned by Joseph Banks, with expert commentaries. Joseph Banks accompanied Captain Cook on his first voyage round the world from 1768 to 1771. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eA 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eOn 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. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe 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).\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIt 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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Winstones","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":35021965000857,"sku":"9780500022870","price":40.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0423\/0240\/6809\/products\/9780500022870.jpg?v=1594319023","url":"https:\/\/winstonebooks.pro\/products\/9780500022870","provider":"Winstone's Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}