£60
After Sydney Parkinson (1745-1771) Two proofs or spare prints made for the 1967 publication, (the misnamed) “Captain Cook’s Florilegium” by The Lion and Unicorn Press. A remarkable pair of uncoloured copper engravings in elephant folio format, each leaf measuring 63cm x 50.5cm, with engraved plate marks of 45.5cm x 29.5cm. Both prints show signs of age, including spotting and heavy toning to the versos, and notably lack plate numbers, laid paper, [c.1960]. One engraving depicts Barringtonia Calyptrata (Australia), while the other shows Ipomoea Illustris (Tahiti), both drawn on the first Endeavour trip. These works are after Sydney Parkinson, the artist engaged by Joseph Banks during Captain Cook’s first voyage (1768–1771). Parkinson’s botanical illustrations were later published in Banks' Florilegium: The Plants Collected on Captain Cook's First Voyage Around the World (1980), but these engravings seem to predate that edition. (2)
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