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The Florilegium of Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771 : [catalogue] / compiled by Hank Ebes.

The Florilegium of Captain Cook's first voyage to Australia, 1768-1771 : [catalogue] / compiled by Hank Ebes.
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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to the entire collection of engravings from the original Banksian copperplates produced in the late 18th century but unpublished contemporarily, known as the "florilegium"--P. 4.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
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Barcode Shelf Location Collection Volume Ref. Status Due Date
A00758927 EDWARDS 581.9940922 FLO
Edwards Rare Collection   . Not for Loan .  
A00791755 581.9940922 FLO
General Collection   . Available to Museum Staff .  
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