ISBN |
0949367338 |
Author |
Ebes, Hank, 1944- |
Title |
The Florilegium of Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771 : [catalogue] / compiled by Hank Ebes. |
Other title |
The Florilegium of Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia, seventeen sixty eight to seventeen seventy one |
Publisher and/or associated date/s |
Melbourne : Ebes Douwma and Sotheby's Australia, 1988. |
Description |
200 p. : ill. (some col.), facsims., maps ; 30 cm. |
Note |
Published by Ebes Douwma Antique Prints and Maps, Melbourne, and Sotheby's Australia, Paddington, in association with Editions Alecto Limited and British Museum (Natural History). |
Sales of selected lithographs and engravings from the Florilegium were held in Sydney, June 26, 1988, and in Melbourne, July 2, 1988. |
"This book provides for the first time ... a complete visual reference to the entire collection of engravings from the original Banksian copperplates produced in the late 18th century but unpublished contemporarily, known as the "florilegium"--P. 4. |
Reproduces the 30 plates from: Captain Cook's florilegium; and the 738 plates from: Banks' florilegium, shown several images to a page. |
Includes indexes. |
Local note |
Edwards copy bound in half leather with tipped on illustration, by Renaissance Bookbinding. |
Subjects |
Cook, James, -- 1728-1779 -- Travel -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs |
Banks, Joseph, -- Sir,1743-1820 |
Banks' florilegium -- Catalogs |
Captain Cook's florilegium -- Catalogs |
Prints -- Limited editions -- England -- Catalogs |
Botanical illustration -- Catalogs |
Engraving, English -- Catalogs |
Botany -- Australia -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs |
Botany -- Pacific Area -- Pictorial works -- Catalogs |
Other Corporate Bodies |
British Museum (Natural History) |
Sotheby's Australia |
Editions Alecto Limited |
Ebes Douwma (Firm) |
Call number |
581.9940922 FLO |
EDWARDS 581.9940922 FLO |