Research Catalog

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, Bart., and Daniel Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.

Publication

London : Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History), 1980-1990.

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Additional Authors

• Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820.
• Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782.
• Cook, James, 1728-1779.
• Diment, Judith.
• Humphries, C. J. (Christopher John), 1947-
• Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771.
• Miller, John Frederick, active 1772-1796.
• Miller, James, active 1773-1791.
• Cleveley, John, 1747-1786.
• Burgis, Thomas, active approximately 1760-approximately 1790.
• MacKenzie, Daniel.
• Sibelius, Gerrit, 1734-1785.
• Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783.
• White, Charles, 1751-1825.
• Tringham, William.
• Blyth, Robert, 1750-1784.
• Nodder, Frederick Polydore.
• Goldar, Jabez.
• Drazowa, David Johann Martin.
• Scratchley, Thomas.
• Lee, John, active 18th century.
• Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804.
• Smith, William, 1707-1764.
• Walker, Edward, active 18th century.
• Roberts, John, active 18th century.
• Morris, Thomas, active ca. 1750-1800.
• Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730-
• Chesham, Francis, 1749-1806.
• Egerton-Williams, Edward
• Alecto Historical Editions (Firm) pbl
• Inveresk Paper Co. ppm
• G. Ryder & Co. bnd
• British Museum (Natural History) Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771, held in the British Museum (Natural History)

Description

35 cases : all col. ill.; 79 cm. +

Alternative Title

• Catalogue of Banks' florilegium.
• Banks' florilegium catalogue.

Subject

• Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820 > Art collections > Catalogs
• Endeavour (Bark)
• British Museum (Natural History) > Catalogs
• Voyages around the world > Pictorial works > Early works to 1800
• Botanical illustration > Great Britain > Early works to 1800
• Botany > Australia > Pictorial works
• Botany > Brazil > Pictorial works
• Botany > Indonesia > Java > Pictorial works
• Botany > Madeira Islands > Pictorial works
• Botany > New Zealand > Pictorial works
• Botany > French Polynesia > Society Islands > Pictorial works
• Botany > Tierra del Fuego (Argentina and Chile) > Pictorial works
• Botanical illustration > England > London > Catalogs

Note

• "Published in an edition of 100 sets, numbered 1/100 to 100/100, with ten sets hors commerce, numbered HC I/X to HC X/X. In addition there are three exhibition sets, numbered EP 1/3 to EP 3/3, and three sets of printer's proofs, numbered PP 1/3 to PP 3/3"--Text vol, p. [3]
• Text vol. has title: Catalogue of Banks' florilegium. Spine title and running title: Banks' florilegium catalogue.
• Text editors: Judith Diment and Christopher Humphries.
• Master printer: Edward Egerton-Williams.
• Text vol. is rev. ed. of pts. 1-2 of: Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771, held in the British Museum (Natural History), 1984-1987. (Bulletin of the British Museum (Natural History). Historical series ; v. 11-12).
• The engravings are based on watercolor drawings prepared from Parkinson's field sketches with the aid of his notes and the original specimens. Parkinson completed 280 drawings before his death during the voyage; remainder completed in England under the supervision of Banks and Solander by John Frederick Miller, James Miller, John Cleveley, Thomas Burgis and Frederick P. Nodder. Cf. introd. to text vol.
• The engravings were originally prepared under Banks' direction, and some proofs were struck in b&w, but they remained unpublished until 1973, when 30 of them, printed in b&w, were published under the auspices of the present owner, the British Museum (Natural History), under the title: Captain Cook's florilegium.
• Engravers: Daniel MacKenzie, Gerrit Sibelius, Gabriel Smith, Charles White, William Tringham, Robert Blyth, Frederick P. Nodder, Jabez Goldar, D.J.M. van Drazowa, Thomas Scratchley, John Lee, Jean-Baptiste Michel, William Smith, Edward Walker, John Roberts, Thomas Morris, A. Bannerman and Francis Chesham.
• The engravings are printed in color à la poupée in up to 17 colors, with additional watercolor touches, on Somerset mould-made 300gsm paper produced in a special making by the Inveresk Paper Co. Each is blind-embossed with publisher's stamps and the date and numbered and initialed in pencil by the printer, and inserted in a window mount from the same making of the paper.
• "Banks' florilegium, published in thirty-four parts, contains the 738 engravings from the original eighteenth-century copperplates. The other five, for which the original plates were stolen during the publication of Captain Cook's florilegium (1973), have been printed from plates engraved by two of the master engravers at the Bank of England Printing Works. These five plates are contained in the supplementary part"--Pref. to text vol.
• Plates in text vol. are b&w impressions of 7 of the engravings.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliographical references and indexes included in text vol.

Binding (note)

• The 35 solander cases are by G. Ryder & Co.

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).

Call Number

Arents BIP++++ (Banks. 1980) 04-68

LCCN

83137550

OCLC

• 9646062
• NYPG87-B50464

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, Bart., and Daniel Solander and were accurately engraved between 1771 and 1784, after drawings taken from nature by Sydney Parkinson.

Imprint

London : Alecto Historical Editions in association with the British Museum (Natural History), 1980-1990.

Bibliography

Bibliographical references and indexes included in text vol.

Binding

The 35 solander cases are by G. Ryder & Co.

Local Note

Arents copy is no. 87/100.

Two copies of prospectus ([8] p.) inserted in pt. 1, accompanied by reduced col. reproduction of plate 23 (on verso, ms. note from Charlene Garry of Basilisk Press Ltd., London), a sample strip from an impression of an engraving printed in green, and "Banks florilegium: proposed publishing timetable" (1 p.).

Source

Acc. 1408

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Added Author

Banks, Joseph, Sir, 1743-1820.

Solander, Daniel Charles, 1733-1782.

Cook, James, 1728-1779.

Diment, Judith.

Humphries, C. J. (Christopher John), 1947-

Parkinson, Sydney, 1745?-1771. Illustrator

Miller, John Frederick, active 1772-1796. Illustrator

Miller, James, active 1773-1791. Illustrator

Cleveley, John, 1747-1786. Illustrator

Burgis, Thomas, active approximately 1760-approximately 1790. Illustrator

MacKenzie, Daniel. Engraver

Sibelius, Gerrit, 1734-1785. Engraver

Smith, Gabriel, 1724-1783. Engraver

White, Charles, 1751-1825. Engraver

Tringham, William. Engraver

Blyth, Robert, 1750-1784. Engraver

Nodder, Frederick Polydore. Illustrator. Engraver

Goldar, Jabez. Engraver

Drazowa, David Johann Martin. Engraver

Scratchley, Thomas. Engraver

Lee, John, active 18th century. Engraver

Michel, Jean-Baptiste, 1748-1804. Engraver

Smith, William, 1707-1764. Engraver

Walker, Edward, active 18th century. Engraver

Roberts, John, active 18th century. Engraver

Morris, Thomas, active ca. 1750-1800. Engraver

Bannerman, Alexander, approximately 1730- Engraver

Chesham, Francis, 1749-1806. Engraver

Egerton-Williams, Edward, printer of plates.

Alecto Historical Editions (Firm) Publisher

Inveresk Paper Co. Papermaker

G. Ryder & Co. Binder

British Museum (Natural History) Catalogue of the natural history drawings commissioned by Joseph Banks on the Endeavour voyage 1768-1771, held in the British Museum (Natural History)

Added Title

Catalogue of Banks' florilegium.

Banks' florilegium catalogue.

Research Call Number

Arents BIP++++ (Banks. 1980) 04-68

Arents BIP++ (Banks. 1980) 04-68 Text vol.