Captain Cook's florilegium : a selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's first voyage to the islands of the Pacific

Publication Data

• Title Captain Cook's florilegium : a selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's first voyage to the islands of the Pacific
• Contributor Joseph Banks
• Publisher Lion and Unicorn Press
• Publication date 1973
• Publication location London
• Language English

Descriptive Notes

Engravings made under the direction of Joseph Banks for a projected book, for which Daniel Solander was to have written the text.
Limited ed. of 100 copies bound in Nigerian goatskin and Japanese silk paper. - Also available in a limited ed. of 10 copies individually bound for each subscriber, with 12 extra plates.
Bibliography: p.47. _ Includes index.

Topics

• Cook, James, 1728-1779
• Botany :: Pacific area
• England

Captain Cook's florilegium : a selection of engravings from the drawings of plants collected by Joseph Banks and Daniel Solander on Captain Cook's first voyage to the islands of the Pacific. ISBN 0902490117. Published by Lion and Unicorn Press in 1973. Publication and catalogue information, links to buy online and reader comments.